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 health care 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 participants are encouraged to join via audio webcast, either on a computer or smartphone web browser. These calls are not intended for the press.
Call recordings and transcripts are posted on the CMS podcast page. 

Weekly COVID-19 general clinician calls

CMS COVID-19 Office Hours Calls 
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.
• Further Promote Telehealth in Medicare.

Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820 
Access Passcode: 5787874
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Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial In: 833-614-0820
Access Passcode: 7476619
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Lessons from the Front Lines: COVID-19 
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 also an opportunity to ask questions of presenters.
Fridays at 12:30-2 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 877-251-0301
Access Code: 9545128
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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 
Tuesdays at 3-3:30 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820 
Access Passcode: 1854778
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Nursing Homes 
Wednesdays at 4:30-5 p.m. EDT 
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820; 
Access Passcode: 4680237
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Dialysis Organizations 
Wednesdays, 5:30-6 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820 
Access Passcode: 6965645
Audio Webcast >>
 
Nurses 
Thursdays, 3-3:30 p.m. EDT
Toll Free Attendee Dial-In: 833-614-0820
Access Passcode: 4268398
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