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Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:56 AM<br>Subject: Update: CMS Listening Session 12/13<br>To: "Cumpton, Teresa L. (CMS/WC)" <<a href="mailto:Teresa.Cumpton@cms.hhs.gov">Teresa.Cumpton@cms.hhs.gov</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="COLOR: black">Last week you should have received an invitation to the Region 10 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Listening Session</span><span> co-hosted by HHS Regional Director Susan Johnson and CMS Regional Administrator John Hammarlund. <span style="COLOR: black">Dr. Don Berwick, CMS Administrator, will provide opening remarks and Dr. Richard Gilfillan, Acting Director of the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), will be soliciting your ideas and feedback to help inform health care delivery reform and innovation efforts. This in-person session is being held at the </span><b>Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. </b>and required you to register in order to attend in person<span style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </span>at</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </span><a href="http://seattlecmmisession.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><span>http://seattlecmmisession.eventbrite.com</span></a>.<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #666666; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>A limited number (200) of <b>“listen only”</b> phone lines are available on a first come, first serve basis. For those who cannot make the session in-person and would like to listen in, the first 200 who call into this line will be able to hear the session. No registration is needed for the phone lines, and we ask that you call in at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the session. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #666666; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span>Here is the call-in information: Phone Number: 877-546-1573</span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span> Passcode: 88242</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Please contact Gene Frogge, Deputy Regional Administrator, if you have any questions or need special accommodations. </span><a href="mailto:Gene.frogge@cms.hhs.gov" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Gene.frogge@cms.hhs.gov</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">, 206-615-2306</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black">Terry Cumpton</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">|</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black">Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Seattle Regional Office</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">|</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"><span style="COLOR: black">2201 Sixth Ave, Suite 801</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">| </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"><span style="COLOR: black">Seattle</span><span style="COLOR: black">, </span><span style="COLOR: black">WA</span><span style="COLOR: black"> </span><span style="COLOR: black">98121</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">|</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">(</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f24ef">:</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black">(206) 615-2391</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">|</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">*</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">:</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"><a href="mailto:teresa.cumpton@cms.hhs.gov" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: blue">teresa.cumpton@cms.hhs.gov</span></a> </span></p>
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