CMS To Hold National Provider Call On Medicare Appeals Settlement Process – CMS has scheduled a “national provider call” on October 9, 2014, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, to update providers on the global settlement offer to resolve appeals of patient status denials for acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals. To participate in the call, providers must register here and are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the call. Please note that registration will close at 12:00 p.m. ET on October 9, or when available space has been filled. We previously reported on CMS’s global settlement offer here and here.