NATIONAL MEDICARE ADVOCATES ALLIANCE CALL
Monday, August 13, 2012 – 2:00 P.M., Eastern Time
Call-in Number: 1 (888) 206-2266
Pass Code: 9874704
NOTE: We ask people calling from the same location to gather around one telephone.
This frees up lines and holds down costs.
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− AGENDA −
(Materials will be sent prior to the call)
• Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, CMA, Moderator)
• Presentation: Medicare and ACA Messaging − Fighting Fiction with Facts (Judy Stein, Executive Director, CMA)
o Working together to get the truth out and to advance fair access to Medicare and health care
• Legislative Update: Medicare in the Cross-hairs − Lame Duck, Sequester, Grand Bargain and More (David Lipschutz, CMA)
• New Rules (Toby Edelman and Alfred Chiplin, CMA)
o Recent Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) – Various topics, including observation status, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) and durable medical equipment (DME) face-to-face requirements
o New Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
o Proposed Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Rules
• Litigation Update (Gill Deford and Ali Bers, CMA)
o Jimmo (Improvement Standard)
o Bagnall (Observation)
o Other litigation
o Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals and the Three-Hour Rule (of Thumb)
• General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
o Please
• Wrap-up (Moderator)
o Keep informed: Myths and Truths, other information and updates on the Center’s Website
o Searchable Database
o Next Call
REMINDER: The Center for Medicare Advocacy’s on-line, searchable Medicare decision database and other information are available at:
• https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/ALJDecisions/ALJSearch.asp.
• https://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Projects/AdvocatesAlliance/AdvocatesAlliance.IssueBriefs.htm