- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- Health Reform: House Passes American Health Care Act (AHCA) (David Lipschutz)
- What’s in AHCA
- Impact on Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and Medicare
- Next up: the Senate
- What’s in AHCA
- Update on Home Health Access Initiative Project (Kathy Holt)
- Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) (Kathy Holt)
- Steve Gleason Act
- Observation Status (Toby Edelman)
- Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) – are people receiving it?
- Reintroduction of Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act
- Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re: Medicare Reimbursement for Skilled Nursing Facilities (Toby Edelman)
- Potential impact includes:
- Paying more for reduced length of stay and less therapy
- Litigation Update (Ali Bers)
- Jimmo (Improvement standard)
- Barrows (formerly Bagnall) (Observation)
- Sherman (Lower level Medicare appeals)
- Other updates
- General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
- Wrap-up (Moderator)
REMINDER: Other information available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/take-action/national-medicare-advocates-alliance/medicare-advocates-alliance-issue-briefs/