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CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and offer attendees an opportunity to ask questions of CMS and other subject matter experts.

Call details are below. All calls have also been added to the Great Plains QIN Calendar of Events.

Conference lines are limited so we highly encourage you to join via audio webcast, either on your computer or smartphone web browser. You are welcome to share this invitation with your colleagues and professional networks. These calls are not intended for the press. Calls recordings and transcripts are posted on the CMS podcast page.

National Nursing Home COVID-19 Call 

Tuesday, September, 8; 5:30 – 6:30 PM CT

Speakers:

  • Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Robert R. Redfield, MD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
  • Lee Fleisher, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CMS

Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: (833) 614-0820; Conference ID: 6353368

Audio Webcast Link

CMS COVID-19 Office Hours Calls (twice a month on Tuesday at 4:00 – 5:00 PM CT)

Office Hour Calls provide an opportunity for hospitals, health systems, and providers to ask questions of agency officials regarding CMS’s temporary actions that empower local hospitals and healthcare systems to:

  • Increase Hospital Capacity – CMS Hospitals Without Walls;
  • Rapidly Expand the Healthcare Workforce;
  • Put Patients Over Paperwork; and
  • Further Promote Telehealth in Medicare

Tuesday, September 8; 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 6196045

Audio Webcast link

Tuesday, September 22; 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 2409459

Audio Webcast link 

Weekly COVID-19 Care Site-Specific Calls

CMS hosts weekly calls for certain types of organizations to provide targeted updates on the agency’s latest COVID-19 guidance. One to two leaders in the field also share best practices with their peers. There is an opportunity to ask questions of presenters if time allows.

Home Health and Hospice (twice a month on Tuesday at 2:00 PM CT)

Tuesday, September 8; 2:00 – 2:30 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 4165236

Audio Webcast Link

Tuesday, September 22; 2:00 – 2:30 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1169237

Audio Webcast Link

Nursing Homes (twice a month on Wednesday at 3:30 PM CT)

Wednesday, September 9; 3:30 – 4:00 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 5475686

Audio Webcast Link

Wednesday, September 23; 3:30 – 4:00 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 5839938

Audio Webcast Link

Dialysis Organizations (twice a month on Wednesday at 4:30 PM CT)

Wednesday, September 9; 4:30 – 5:00 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 6925269

Audio Webcast Link

Wednesday, September 23; 4:30 – 5:00 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7026727

Audio Webcast Link

Nurses (twice a month on Thursday at 2:00 PM CT)

Thursday, September 10; 2:00 – 2:30 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 5767207

Audio Webcast Link

Thursday, September 24; at 2:00 – 2:30 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 5872398

Audio Webcast Link

Lessons from the Front Lines: COVID-19 (twice a month on Friday at 11:30 – 1:00 PM CT)

Lessons from the Front Lines calls are a joint effort between CMS Administrator Seema Verma, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, and the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Physicians and other clinicians are invited to share their experience, ideas, strategies, and insights with one another related to their COVID-19 response. There is an opportunity to ask questions of presenters.

Next Lessons from the Front Lines:

Friday, September 18; at 11:30 – 1:00 PM CT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 4446447

Audio Webcast Link

 For the most current information including call schedule changes, please click here

Keep up with the important work the White House Task Force is doing in response to COVID-19 here. For information specific to CMS, please visit the Current Emergencies Website.