**Additional Updated July 14, 2011- Special Open Door Forum: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program: FY 2013 Program Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET. This Special Open Door Forum will focus on understanding the finalized proposals for the FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. Under the program, performance and quality of care factor into compensation, rewarding hospitals for better quality care and ultimately leading to improved patient health.
This ODF is particularly timely for hospitals, since the period of performance for the FY 2013 program began on July 1, 2011. Following this ODF, participants should know: Which hospitals are eligible for the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; The critical dates and milestones for the FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; Understand the Clinical Process of Care measures and Patient Experience of Care dimensions that will be used to evaluate hospitals for the FY 2013 value-based incentive payment; How CMS will calculate each hospital's total performance score for the FY 2013 Program, including the difference between achievement and improvement points for each measure and weighting of the domain scores; Understand how consistency points will be calculated as part of the Patient Experience of Care domain score; and; How the linear exchange function will be used to translate Total Performance Scores into a value-based incentive payment.
Discussion materials for this Special ODF will be posted on the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program website and will be available for download at http://www.cms.gov/Hospital-Value-Based-Purchasing/ by July 22, 2011. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 79533903. This call will be Conference Call Only. Please see the Downloads section below for the full participation announcement. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
**Updated July 14, 2011- Special Open Door Forum: Providing an overview of the Quality Care Finder online resource - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET. This Special Open Door Forum will focus will be to introduce the newest of the CMS Medicare.gov resources: the Quality Care Finder. Participants will be given a brief overview of the CMS quality commitment followed by a guided tour of the Quality Care Finder landing page and the many tools that are accessible through this online resource. Participants will also learn how CMS is working with partners to get the word out about this important new resource. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 78023856. This call will be Conference Call Only. Please see the Downloads section below for the full participation announcement. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
Dallas L Alford IV, CPA is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of North Carolina and owner of Atlantic Financial Consulting, a consulting firm that provides comprehensive medical billing services, practice management consulting, coding audits, Medicare compliance, Medicare RAC support and other general medical practice consulting services.
To learn more about Atlantic Financial Consulting you may visit their website at
http://atlanticfinancial.us or contact Dallas L Alford IV, CPA directly at 1 888-428-2555, Ext. 200.
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