- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- Legislative/Budget Update
- Medicare physician payment (Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR) (David Lipschutz)
- House passed SGR bill – review of what is and is not in the bill for beneficiaries
- Senate takes the bill up now …
- Dueling Budgets: Overview of House and Senate, Republican and Democratic Budgets and Medicare (Kata Kertesz)
- Medicare physician payment (Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR) (David Lipschutz)
- Administrative/Other Updates
- CMS issues Final CY 2016 Call Letter: Overview (David Lipschutz)
- Advocacy Update: Observation Status (Terry Berthelot)
- Observation Status bills reintroduced in new Congress (H.R. 1571/S. 843)
- Update on strategy concerning handling individual appeals
- Litigation Update (Ali Bers)
- Bagnall (Observation)
- Lessler (ALJ Delay Case)
- Jimmo (Improvement standard)
- Discussion: Jimmo Council – strategies for implementation (Judy Stein)
- Haro (Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery)
- Hull (lower level Medicare appeals)
- Ryan (prior favorable homebound determination)
- General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
- Wrap-up (Moderator)
- Keep informed: Myths and Truths, other information and updates on the Center’s Website
- Next Call
REMINDER: Other information available at: https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Projects/AdvocatesAlliance/AdvocatesAlliance.IssueBriefs.htm.