Special Open Door Forum: Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Special Open Door Forum:

Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project

Thursday, October 1, 2009

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) in order to share the proposed key elements of the Medicare Imaging Demonstration design.

 

This demonstration was authorized by Section 135(b) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) for the purpose of collecting data regarding physician use of advanced diagnostic imaging services. For purposes of this demonstration, advanced diagnostic imaging services are defined as diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and nuclear medicine.

 

Tentative Agenda:

 

1. Demonstration overview

 

2. Advanced imaging procedures

 

3. Decision Support Systems and guidelines

 

4. Quality

 

For a copy of the presentation slides and more general information about the demonstration, please see the demonstration website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/MD/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=3&sortOrder=descending&itemID=CMS1222075&intNumPerPage=10

 

Telephone participants will be given an opportunity to speak and will be asked to limit comments to 2 minutes.

 

Interested parties may submit comments or input in written form to ImagingDemo135b@cms.hhs.gov by noon ET on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.

We look forward to your participation.

 

To participate by phone:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 29805623

 

Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP.

 

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 of this Special Forum will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will be accessible for downloading beginning Tuesday, October 13, 2009

 

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.hhs.gov/opendoorforums/ .

Thank you for your interest in CMS Open Door Forums.

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