Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for:
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).
Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time.
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
- Opening Remarks
- Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS
- Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications, CMS
- Announcements & Updates
- FY 2022 Hospice Proposed Rule Updates
- CMS issued a proposed rule (CMS-1754-P) that would set forth routine updates to hospice payments for FY 2022, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This proposed rule also includes routine hospice monitoring and a comment solicitation regarding hospice utilization, a proposal to rebase the hospice labor-related shares and a proposal to provide clarification on certain aspects of the hospice election statement addendum that was implemented on October 1, 2020.
- Rule: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-07344.pdf
- Hospice Detail webpage about the rule with wage index: https://www.cms.gov/medicaremedicare-fee-service-paymenthospicehospice-regulations-and-notices/cms-1754-p
- FDMS where providers can comment on the rule- https://www.regulations.gov/document/CMS-2021-0061-0001
- Public Reporting/Hospice Compare updates
- Hospice Compare/Public Reporting: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
- Hospice Quality Reporting Program updates:
- https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Spotlight.html
- Hospice QRP Requirements and Best Practices: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/HQRP-Requirements-and-Best-Practices
- Hospice QRP Training and Education Library: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Hospice-Quality-Reporting-Training-Training-and-Education-Library
- HQRP Help Desks: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Help-Desks
- Recent Corrections to Home Health Claims Processing
III. Open Q&A
**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
Next Home Health, Hospice & DME ODF: TBA
Mailbox: HomeHealth_Hospice_DMEODF-L@cms.hhs.gov
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