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CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum
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This call will be Conference Call Only.
To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Reference Conference Passcode: 5109694
Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.
Instant Replay: 1-800-513-1169; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed
Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-800-513-1169. Instant Replay begins 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires November 19, 2022, 11:59 PM ET.
Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.
Instant Replay: 1-800-513-1169; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
Conference Leaders: Ing-Jye Cheng, John Hammarlund and Jill Darling.
- Opening Remarks
- Co-Chair- Ing-Jye Cheng, (Center for Medicare)
- Co-Chair – John Hammarlund, Deputy Director Local Engagement and Administration, OPOLE
- Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications
- Announcements & Updates
- CMS Framework for Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities
- OPPS Final Rule: Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and CAH CoP changes
- REH Payment Policies
- Updates to OPPS and ASC payment rates
- Update on the CY 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment Rate Update Final Rule
- CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule NPRM Final Updates
- Issues impacting RHCs under the Physician Fee Schedule
- Open Q&A
**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**