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CMS Open Door Forum

The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Start Time:  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET);

*"Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time."*

Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**


* Opening Remarks

Chair – Todd Smith (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)


* Announcements & Updates

* FY 2025 SNF PPS Final Rule
* SNF PPS
* FY 2025 Annual Update (Forecast Error Adjustment)
* Rebasing and Revising the SNF PPS Market Basket
* Wage Index Changes
* Technical Updates to ICD-10 Codes for PDPM

* QRP
* SDOH Assessment Item Additions and Modification
* Adoption of MDS Validation Process for the SNF QRP
* RFI on Future Measure Concepts

* VBP
* Technical Measure Update Policy
* Adoption of Measure Removal and Retention Policy

* Nursing Home Enforcement
* Civil Money Penalty Updates


* PDPM Grouper To Support XML Input
* https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/minimum-data-set-technical-information

* SNF VBP - FY 2025 SNF VBP Program Performance Score Reports are Now Available
* https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/value-based-purchasing/confidential-feedback-reporting-review-and-corrections_ _

* Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
* SNF QRP Reconsideration Period for FY2025 ends August 14, 2024
* https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/snf-quality-reporting-program/reconsideration-and-exception-extension 

III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next ODF: TBD

Mailbox: SNF_LTCODF-L@cms.hhs.gov

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*NEW and UPDATED Open Door Forum Participation Instructions: *

This call will be a Zoom webinar with registration and login instructions below.

To participate by webinar:

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_vfsU5LSKR3atiW9T_AhrDg

Meeting ID: 160 823 4591

Passcode: 200020

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. You may also add the webinar to your calendar using the drop-down arrow on the “Webinar Registration Approved” webpage after registering. Although the ODFs are now a Zoom webinar, we will only use the audio function, no need for cameras to be on.

For ODF schedule updates and E-Mailing List registration, visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/ [ https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/index.html?redirect=/OpenDoorForums/ ].

We encourage you to visit our CMS Podcasts and Transcript webpage where you can listen and view the most recent Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) ODF call at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/PodcastAndTranscripts.html. Thank you.

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