Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Open Door Forum: End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program Payment Year 2012: Proposed Rule Overview For Beneficiaries and Patient Advocates
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:00PM - 3:30PM ET Conference Call Only The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the proposed rule for the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) that will go into effect January 1, 2012. This Special ODF is designed specifically for ESRD beneficiaries, their families, and advocates in an effort to increase awareness and understanding of the proposed rule. In addition, the discussion will cover potential effects of the ESRD QIP. Most importantly, this Forum provides CMS with the opportunity to engage and listen to the needs and concerns of the beneficiary and advocate community. The rule went on display at the Federal Register on July 26, 2010, and can be read online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-18465.pdf . During this ODF, CMS will provide a comprehensive overview of the proposed rule and provide key insights to the ESRD QIP, including: * Why the Quality Incentive Program was needed; * How it will impact the care beneficiaries currently receive; * What will change as a result of implementing the ESRD QIP and what will stay the same; * An overview of the ESRD QIP; * How the ESRD QIP was designed to improve quality of care; and * How beneficiaries, their families, and patient advocates can submit comments and play a role in improving quality of dialysis care. After CMS' presentation, participants will have an opportunity to ask questions. Discussion materials for this Special ODF will be available to download at http://www.cms.gov/ESRDQualityImproveInit/ by September 17, 2010. We look forward to your participation and comments. Special Open Door Forum Participation Instructions: Dial: 1-800-837-1935 Reference Conference ID#: 98957601. Note: 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. An audio recording and transcript of this Special Open Door Forum will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website: http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will be accessible for downloading beginning on or around October 7, 2010 and will be available for 30 days. For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/opendoorforums . Thank you for your interest in CMS Open Door Forums. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm <https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm> ) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
