- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- The Election’s Potential Impact on Medicare (David Lipschutz)
- Affordable Care Act
- Medicare Structural Changes
- Including premium support/vouchers
- New Nursing Home Requirements of Participation (Toby Edelman)
- Overview of final rule
- Positive changes
- Prohibition against facilities’ use of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements and ensuing litigation
- What’s missing
- Including staffing requirements
- Positive changes
- Overview of final rule
- Review: Home Health Benefit – Diminishing Access to Care (Kathy Holt)
- Overview of Benefit – In Law and In Practice
- Recent Policy Changes
- Recent final rule
- Pre-claim review
- Administration on Community Living Grant – For Medicare Beneficiaries Under age 65 (Kathy Holt)
- Litigation Update (Ali Bers)
- Jimmo (Improvement standard)
- Barrows (formerly Bagnall) (Observation)
- Sherman (Lower level Medicare appeals)
- Exley (formerly Lessler) (ALJ Delay Case)
- Bremby (Per se skilled services)
- Lodge (Medically necessary oral health care)
- 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
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