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. Conference lines are limited so CMS highly encourages 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
CMS COVID-19 Office Hours Calls (Tuesdays from 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, August 4, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1492795
Audio Webcast Link
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1492795
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, August 11, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 509766
Audio Webcast Link
Nursing Homes (twice a month on Wednesdays at 3:30 PM CT)
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7857618
Audio Webcast Link
Dialysis Organizations (twice a month on Wednesday at 4:30 PM CT)
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 1027088
Audio Webcast Link
Nurses (twice a month on Thursdays at 2:00 PM CT)
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 7844289
Audio Webcast Link
Lessons from the Front Lines: COVID-19 (twice a month on Fridays at 11:30 AM – 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.
Friday, August 7, 2020
Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820; Access Passcode: 4695240
Audio Webcast Link