The Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program and Payroll-Based Journal are the featured topics of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum this Thursday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. The full agenda includes: 

• Opening Remarks
• FY 2019 SNF PPS Correction Notice
• Release of Updated Hand in Hand: A Training Series for Nursing Homes
• SNF QRP Updates
• PBJ Update
• Open Q&A

To participate by phone, call 1-800-837-1935 and use Conference ID 33973426.

Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP. 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 (33973426). The recording expires after three business days. 

For Open Door Forum schedule updates and E-Mailing List registration, visit http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.