A CMS forum about the voluntary clinical templates it’s proposing for physicians to complete during face-to-face examinations of Medicare patients has been rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. EST May 20.
 
The forum initially had been slated for April 28, but it was postponed. Several offices in the Baltimore area, including CMS, were closed that day due to the threat of violence following riots the prior day. CMS’ office was “dismissed early out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our employees,” a CMS spokesman confirmed to HHL.
 
The federal Medicare agency first announced Jan. 28 that it is considering developing electronic and paper versions of the clinical template. The goal is to reduce home health claims denials for lack of face-to-face information.