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MDS 3.0: Get Ready Now for “Bridge” Medicare Residents
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Starting right now, you need to determine how you will deal with your “bridge” Medicare beneficiaries—those admitted into your facilities under their Medicare Part A benefit prior to October 1 who are still covered by Medicare read more...
Working Toward Resolution of Sales Tax on Laundry/Housekeeping Obligation Issue
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Department would like to be able to resolve this issue with us by issuing a clarification to existing tax policy. Association President/CEO Patti Cullen pledged to respond back in the near future with recommended language that read more...
Are You Ready for Some Action? (Innovation and Action, That Is)
By Cyndi Spencer
Registration books will be in the mail next week. By noon on Friday, September 17, however, you will be able to view all of the session information online, as well as register on our website for this year’s Convention and Expo read more...
October 1, 2010 Medicare PPS Rates Posted
By Todd Bergstrom
For nursing facilities that would like to model how the changeover to RUG-IV SNF PPS Rates will impact their nursing facility, AHCA has developed a Medicare Rate Calculator for rates effective October 1, 2010. The calculator will read more...
October Region Meeting Webinar Registration Open
By Jason Espersen
The October Region Meeting will be a 90-minute webinar on October 7 starting at 10 a.m. that will answer your questions on MDS 3.0. This webinar is free to members, but space is limited, so register for the webinar now at read more...
Legislative/On the Hill
2010 Campaign Season Guidebook Is Posted Online
By Larry Johnson
Care Providers of Minnesota would like to help you plan and host your own successful candidate forum. Also, following our successes in 2008, we have created a new 2010 Campaign Guidebook and posted it on our read more...
Southwest Minnesota Candidate Forum at Maple Lawn in Fulda
By Larry Johnson
The need to make difficult decisions about the concerns facing providers as well as the state budget in general underscored the candidates’ comments on issues ranging from cost-of-living increases to the bed surcharge to read more...
Candidates Share Their Views in Mountain Lake
By Larry Johnson
The candidates each answered questions on long-term care concerns including Medicaid reimbursement, access to a wider continuum of care options, and reform ideas including increased use of long-term care insurance read more...
State News
Health Officials Report Cluster of Influenza Cases in Long-Term Care Facility
By Doug Beardsley
The Minnesota Department of Health has identified a cluster of influenza cases in a long-term care facility in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. This serves as a reminder that flu season is just around the corner read more...
September 30 DHS Video Conference on Federal Health Care Reform
By Larry Johnson
Participants will gain a basic understanding of the Affordable Care Act, understand how the Affordable Care Act may impact clients in MN, and know where to seek out additional information and assistance regarding read more...
DHS Continues Work on Implementing MNCHOICES
By Todd Bergstrom
Minnesota CHOICES is a set of standards and protocols to assess the needs of persons for long-term care services. It is a Web-based tool that uses a person-centered planning approach to allow for read more...
Reminder of Upcoming MDS 3.0 Conference Calls with MDH
By Doug Beardsley
MDH has opened up registration for the upcoming free MDS 3.0 conference call scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 beginning at 10 a.m. Remember, registration is required to participate in the teleconference. read more...
National News
Governor Pawlenty Asks for Additional Federal Funds
By Patti Cullen, CAE
On August 23 we sent a letter to Governor Pawlenty encouraging him to ask for the enhanced FMAP funds. On September 7, Governor Pawlenty sent a letter to the HHS Secretary asking for the funds for Minnesota read more...
Parkinson Selected to Succeed Yarwood as President/CEO
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson has been selected as AHCA/NCAL's next President and CEO. Governor Parkinson will begin his term with AHCA/NCAL in January following his term in office, and will succeed read more...
Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Booklet Available from MLN
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The booklet provides information on when providers should use an ABN, ABN policies, how to properly complete an ABN and ABN modifiers, and is now available in hard copy from the Medicare Learning Network® read more...
Health Care Reform
Quality Report Released for Medicare Advantage Plans for Future Bonus Payments
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Medicare Advantage plans will be eligible for incentive payments in 2012 if they meet certain criteria. On September 9, the Kaiser Foundation issued a report about the Quality Based payments that begin in 2012 read more...
Tax Implications for Extension of Dependent Coverage
By Patti Cullen, CAE
A provision under the new federal health care law, effective for plan years beginning on and after September 23, 2010, creates a new classification of an “adult child” who will be eligible for employer group health read more...
New Insurance Finder Web Tool Announced
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last month announced the release of a new HealthCare.gov web tool available for download that makes searching for coverage options easier read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
DHS Community Residential Setting License (Adult Foster Care) Stakeholder Group Conducts First Meeting
By Phil Manz
DHS held the first meeting of the Residential Support Services and Quality Outcome Standards Workgroup on September 9. This group will be spending 6 hours of meeting time a month working on a read more...
Foundation
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation Selects 25 Individuals for Scholarships
By Cheryl Smith
This year, 25 inspiring long-term care employees have been selected as scholarship recipients by the Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation. This year's Foundation Scholars, many of whom are seeking read more...
Association Activities
Forums Are Coming to Association’s Website
By Lisa Foss Olson
In the next few weeks, we’ll start online discussions through Care Providers of Minnesota-sponsored forums, available on our website. We’re piloting four forums, to see how ‘interactive’ members are with read more...
Member Resources
Minnesota Home Care Bill of Rights for Assisted Living Forms
By Todd Bergstrom
Our format includes the appropriate statement of rights for a Class A or Class F agency that is serving assisted living clients, as defined by the 2006 Minnesota law. The statement is on a two-part carbonless form read more...
Regulatory Issues
CMS States Glucometer Related IJ’s Will Not Be Reversed
By Doug Beardsley
This memorandum makes a new distinction between an automatic Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) for re-using a finger stick device on multiple residents and a non-automatic IJ for failing to properly clean and disinfect a read more...
FYI Corner
U of MN November Roundtable Features George Halvorson on Health Reform
By Patti Cullen, CAE
George Halvorson will give the keynote address, titled “Health Reform: Where Do We Go From Here?” Local leaders from the public and private sectors who are engaged in implementing health reform legislation read more...
Minnesota Medical Directors Association Long-Term Care Conference
By Doug Beardsley
The Minnesota Medical Directors Association is pleased to announce their 2010 Update in Long-Term Care & Geriatrics Fall Conference. The conference will be held on October 28 and 29, 2010 in Minnetonka read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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Sept. 22 - 23 |
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Sept. 30 |
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Oct. 7 |
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Oct. 13 - 14 |
Managing Your Nursing Practice in Assisted Living and Senior Housing, Part II |
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Nov. 15 - 17 |
Care Providers of Minnesota 2010 Convention & Expo |
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