The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released Information Bulletin 09-10 to inform nursing facilities about joint implementation of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Regulatory Guidelines 09-31 Quality of Life & Environment, and 09-39 Food Procurement and to announce a statewide telephone call regarding these changes scheduled for July 23, 2009.

Background
MDH and Nursing Home Stakeholders note that Minnesota’s Culture Change Coalition, through joint surveyor/provider training, has promoted and advanced many of the revisions to these new regulatory revisions over the past several years.

Implementation of Guidelines

1. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will implement these guidelines effective August 1, 2009.

2. Individualized facility staff should review the guidelines and review the following educational resources:

Quality of Life and Environment

• CMS Memo
• CMS Manual
• Power Point Quality of Life and Environment Tag Changes - March 20, 2009

Food Procurement and Self Determination and Participation

• CMS Memo
• Minnesota Culture Change Coalition http://www.mnculturechange.org/
• Pioneer Network http://www.pioneernetwork.net/

3. A focused follow-up joint provider and surveyor Q&A phone call on Thursday, July 23, 2009, from 1-2 p.m.

To prepare for this call, participants should read the documents under Quality of Life at the MDH Clinical Web window prior to the phone call.  These can be accessed at
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fpc/cww/cwwindex.html.  The statewide phone call scheduled for July 23rd will be a Q&A with the expectation that these documents have been reviewed by participants.

Click here to read the entire bulletin.

Doug Beardsley
952.851.2489
dbeardsl@careproviders.org 

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