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Nov. 4-8: A Medicare advisers meeting is among the week’s national healthcare events

November 1, 2019 3:00 pm

Congress’s primary Medicare payment advisory group will gather Nov. 7-8 in Washington, D.C., to discuss policy recommendations.

Information on that event is below, along with our complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of Nov. 4.

Monday, Nov. 4

Webinar sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) titled “Social Determinants of Health 2.0: Achieving Whole Person Care.” Learn more.

Deadline for hospitals to submit second-quarter 2019 population and sampling data for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program. Learn more.

Deadline for comments on a CMS final rule with comment period establishing sweeping disclosure and monitoring obligations for providers and suppliers enrolled or enrolling in federal health programs, and expanding CMS’s authority to deny or revoke enrollment status. Learn more.

Public listening session by CMS titled “Potential Future Oncology Payment Model,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Fall summit by the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security, the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Technology and the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications, Phoenix (through Nov. 6). Learn more.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

Webcast by CMS titled “Submitting Your Medicare Part A Cost Report Electronically.” Learn more.

Briefing by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other organizations titled “Drug Shortages Are Harming Patients & Breaking Budgets: A Need For Congress To Act,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Meeting sponsored by Politico in titled “Fixing Kidney Care,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Event by the Competitive Enterprise Institute titled “The Impact of Prescription Drug Price Controls: An International Policy and Patient Perspective,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Wednesday, Nov. 6

Webcast by the National Academy of Medicine titled “Social, Behavioral and Environmental Enablers for Healthy Longevity.” Learn more.

National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo, Las Vegas (through Nov. 8). Learn more.

Webinar sponsored by AHA titled “How Health Care Employers Are Slimming Obesity-Related Health Care Costs.” Learn more.

Public meeting by the Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration’s Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Gaithersburg, Md. (through Nov. 7). Learn more.

Webinar sponsored by the National Rural Health Association titled “Contemporary Rural Medicine: Aligning Management of Functional Bowel Disorders With Best Practices.” Learn more.

Summit by the Alliance for Health Policy titled “Navigating the Frontiers of Innovation and Value,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Webinar sponsored by CMS titled “Atherectomy: Comparative Billing Report.” Learn more.

6th Annual Payers’ Behavioral Health Management and Policy Summit, Washington, D.C. (through Nov. 8). Learn more.

20th Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress, Washington, D.C, (through Nov. 8). Learn more.

Thursday, Nov. 7

Webinar sponsored by AHA titled “Social Media Employment Screening.” Learn more.

Webinar by the Medical Group Management Association titled “Telehealth in the Real World: Doctors Share How It’s Helping Them Grow Their Practice Simply and Affordably.” Learn more.

Public meeting by Health Affairs titled “Culture of Health: Housing and Health,” Washington, D.C. Learn more.

Public meeting by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, D.C. (through Nov. 8). Learn more.

Friday, Nov. 8

Association of American of Medical Colleges annual meeting, Phoenix (through Nov. 12). Learn more.

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