- CMS is hosting stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19.
- These calls are intended to provide hospitals, health systems, and providers with an opportunity to ask questions of agency officials regarding CMS’s temporary actions in response to COVID-19.
- The next call is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from 5-6pm EST.
CMS is holding COVID-19 “office hours” calls every Tuesdays at 5:00 – 6:00 PM Eastern. These calls are intended to provide an opportunity for hospitals, health systems, and providers to ask questions of agency officials regarding CMS’s temporary actions that empower local hospitals and healthcare systems to:
- Increase Hospital Capacity – CMS Hospitals Without Walls;
- Rapidly Expand the Healthcare Workforce;
- Put Patients Over Paperwork; and
- Further Promote Telehealth in Medicare.
Recordings and transcripts of past Stakeholder calls can be found here.
The next CMS Stakeholder Call is Tuesday, July 7th from 5-6 EST.
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 3048844
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Future Stakeholder Office Hours:
Tuesday, July 14th at 5:00 – 6:00 PM Eastern
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 2550919
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Tuesday, July 21st at 5:00 – 6:00 PM Eastern
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7477995
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Tuesday, July 28th at 5:00 – 6:00 PM Eastern
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1492795
Audio Webcast registration link here.
CMS is also hosting weekly calls specific for the following types of entities:
- Home Health and Hospice
- Nursing Homes
- Dialysis organizations
- Nurses
During these sessions, CMS states that “leaders in the field” will be sharing best practices with their peers, and participants will have opportunities to ask questions. Here are the upcoming Stakeholder-specific calls:
Home Health and Hospice (twice a month on Tuesday at 3:00 PM Eastern)
Tuesday, July 7th at 3:00 – 3:30 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 9480618
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Tuesday, July 21st at 3:00 – 3:30 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 6080197
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Nursing Homes (twice a month on Wednesday at 4:30 PM Eastern)
Wednesday, July 8th at 4:30 – 5:00 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 2997138
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Wednesday, July 22nd 4:30 – 5:00 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1143564
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Dialysis Organizations (twice a month on Wednesday at 5:30 PM Eastern)
Wednesday, July 8th at 5:30 – 6:00 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 8481378
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Wednesday, July 22nd at 5:30 – 6:00 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7692208
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Nurses (twice a month on Thursdays at 3:00 PM Eastern)
Thursday, July 9th at 3:00 – 3:30 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 9386539
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Thursday, July 23rd at 3:00 – 3:30 PM EST
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7971869
Audio Webcast registration link here.
Finally, informational calls from the “Front Lines” are being held as part of a joint effort between CMS Administrator Seema Verma, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, and the White House Coronavirus Task Force. During the Front Lines calls, physicians and other clinicians share their experience, ideas, strategies, and insights with one another related to their COVID-19 response. There is also an opportunity for participants to ask questions.
Lessons from the Front Lines: COVID-19 (twice a month on Fridays at 12:30 – 2:00 PM Eastern)
The next Front Lines call is scheduled for Friday, July 17th, 12:30 – 2:00 PM EST. Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Code: 3096434. Registration link here.
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