CMS Announces next SNF Open Door Forum

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

Date:  Thursday, January 27, 2022

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

This call will be Conference Call Only.

To participate by phone:

Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 5109694

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

Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

1. Opening Remarks

Chair – Todd Smith (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

       2. Announcements & Updates

• PBJ Reminder
  • Policy Questions should be sent to NHStaffing@cms.hhs.gov
  • Technical Issues/Questions should be sent to iqies@cms.hhs.gov
  • PBJ Website: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html
• Public Reporting Updates on the January 2022 Refresh announcement
• MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual Version 15.0 announcement

III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**