Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum

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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
  • Website:  https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/expanded-home-health-value-based-purchasing-model
  • Help Desk:  HHVBPquestions@lewin.com
• 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)

III. Open Q&A