Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Start Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
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**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
- Opening Remarks
Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS
Co-Chair- Kelly Vontran, Center for Medicare, CMS
Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications, CMS
- Announcements & Updates
- Extension of the Rural Add-On Payment for HHAs in Low-Population Density Areas for CY 2023
- Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model Update
- HHCAHPS Survey Updates
- Email questions about HHCAHPS to hhcahps@rti.org or call (866) 354-0985 or email the CMS Mailbox at homehealthcahps@cms.hhs.gov
- Home Health Topics
- Public Reporting
- Next QAO Interim Performance Report available on iQIES
- OASIS-E release active as of 1/1/23
- Hospice Topics
- Public Reporting
- February 2023 Refresh
- HOPE
- Beta Test analysis in progress
- March/April HQRP Forum
- Other
- Final Quarterly Update in January 2023
- Health Equity
- Special Focus Program (SFP)
- Public Reporting
III. Open Q&A