**Updated May 11, 2009- The Rural Health Open Door Forum scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2009, is being rescheduled. Stay tuned for the new date and time. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums. ****Rural Health Open Door Forum Overview The Rural Health ODF addresses Rural Health Clinic (RHC), Community Access Hospital (CAH) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) issues, as well as some inclusion of other questions and concerns that occur in clinical practice pertaining to other CMS payment systems that also extend into these settings. Topics that frequently arise on this forum often deal with payment & billing for services subject to Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and/or Physician Shortage Area (PSA) status, cost report clarifications, classifications for & qualifications of rural provider types, and the many special provisions being implemented for improving rural health in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, quality program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.
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