- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- Presentation: New Hospital Discharge Planning Guidance – Overview (Alfred Chiplin)
- Legislative Update: The Federal Budget and Medicare (David Lipschutz)
- Proposals to Fix Medicare Physician Payment (SGR)
- Medicare Trustees’ Report
- Dual Eligible State Demonstrations Update (Andrea Callow)
- Litigation Update (Gill Deford and Ali Bers)
- Jimmo – Improvement standard
- Bagnall (Observation)
- Other litigation
- Long-Term Care Commission – Contact Commissioner Judy Stein at ltc@medicareadvocacy.org
- General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
- Wrap-up (Moderator)
- Keep informed
- Myths and Truths, other information and updates on the Center’s Website
- Searchable Database
- Next Call
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