EVV: Make Your Voice Heard on a Stakeholder Call on Nov. 7th, (comments due Oct. 26th)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be holding an Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Stakeholder Forum on November 7, 2018 from 1 to 3 pm EST.  This is an important opportunity to share your concerns and ask questions!   It is critical that CMS hear from stakeholders about their concerns with EVV, questions, and areas where further guidance is needed.  These may include questions and comments about how the EVV system in your state should protect privacy, independence and community integration.  You can submit comments and questions to the CMS EVV mailbox (EVV@cms.hhs.gov) by October 26, 2018. Include “November 7 Stakeholder Call Feedback” in the subject line of your email. Areas where you may want to raise concerns or ask questions include: Concerns about privacy and questions about steps states can and should take to protect information Concerns about the tracking of individuals and questions about the alternatives to GPS that states can use Concerns about use of EVV in consumer-directed programs and questions about practices states should use to preserve flexibility and consumer control in those programs Concerns about opportunities for public input in states’ EVV system designs and questions about how CMS will ensure robust public input has occurred Please submit comments by Oct. 26th and participate on Nov. 7th if you can! Learn more about EVV here.

Instructions for the Nov. 7th CMS EVV Call Participant Dial-In Number: 1 (800) 837-1935 Conference ID: 33979177 Afterward, a transcript and audio recording will be posted to the CMS Podcast and Transcripts website at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/PodcastAndTranscripts.html.