- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- Litigation Update (Ali Bers)
- Discussion of two recent litigation victories:
- Bagnall (Observation) – On 1/22/15, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint and remanded the case to district court to proceed on due process claims
- Lessler (ALJ Delay Case) – On 1/29/15, defendant’s motion to dismiss was denied
- Update on Other Litigation
- Jimmo (Improvement standard)
- Haro (Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery)
- Hull (lower level Medicare appeals)
- Ryan (prior favorable homebound determination)
- Legislative/Budget Update (David Lipschutz)
- The President’s Proposed FY2016 Budget: Impact on Medicare
- Medicare physician payment (Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR) – action required by end of March 2015
- Administrative/Other Updates
- Home Health Face-to-Face Requirements (Wey-Wey Kwok)
- MedPAC proposals on site-neutral payments, observation status (Toby Edelman)
- Advocacy Update: Observation Status (Terry Berthelot)
- Strategy concerning handling individual appeals
- Director’s Update (Judy Stein)
- Center’s Second Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit, March 20, 2015, Washington DC
- Medicare Matters: 50 Insights for Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
- General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
- Wrap-up (Moderator)
- Keep informed: Myths and Truths, other information and updates on the Center’s Website
- Next Call
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