The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will provide information on the SNF Quality Reporting Program, the Payroll Based Journal System and other issues during a Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum this Thursday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. Click here to review the full agenda.  

To participate by phone, call 1-800-837-1935 and use Conference ID 3693669. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.  For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.  An encore recording of this call can be accessed beginning two hours after the call has ended, by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID (3693669). The recording expires after three business days.

Also, this is a reminder that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will offer a statewide Nursing Home Regulatory telephone conference call on Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. to Noon.   

• Participant call-in number: 1-844-302-0362
• Event number: 793134550

An agenda will be available closer to the date of the call.  The call will be recorded and available five days after each call.

There is no charge to participate in either of these events.