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MDH Announces New Class F and Class A Home Care Agency Survey Documents and Tools
By Doug Beardsley
MDH recently posted new documents to be used by surveyors conducting Class A and Class F Home Care Agency Surveys. MDH intends to begin utilizing the new tools on November 1, 2011. To review them read more...
Convention Countdown: More Things You’ll Want to Know
By Cyndi Spencer
Members providing senior housing and assisted living services will find plenty of education sessions of particular interest to them at the Convention this year. Also, the MDS 3.0 Experts Answers Bar will be staffed daily read more...
CEO Blog: Next AHCA/NCAL Leader Introduced at National Meetings
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Under the guise of “make new friends but keep the old,” at the AHCA convention we had the chance to both thank Bruce Yarwood for his years of service, and to meet the new President/CEO read more...Employers and Voting
By Toby Pearson
We would like to remind you, as an employer, of a statutory change that took place during the 2010 Legislative Session. Minnesota's "Time Off to Vote" statute no longer requires that employees vote in the morning read more...
A Silent Auction Appeal
By Cyndi Spencer
Consider contributing an item to this year’s Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation Silent Auction. Gift baskets, gift or gas cards, and tickets to sporting or performance events are always popular. It’s easy read more...
Legislative/On the Hill
Did You Know There’s an Election in a Few Days?
By Larry Johnson
We’d be remiss if we didn’t give you a final reminder of the importance of getting out and making sure your voice is heard. Our Voting Guide has answers to common questions about voting and links to read more...
Absentee Balloting Reminder
By Larry Johnson
The Secretary of State's office anticipates over 150,000 people will vote by absentee ballot this year. If you are planning to vote by absentee ballot and mail it back in, here are some guidelines from the website of read more...
State News
Check Your Business Interruption Insurance Just in Case
By Patti Cullen, CAE
One lesson to be learned is that providers should be double-checking their business interruption service to see if that insurance will cover the mandatory surcharge payments that are required to be paid as long as read more...
National News
Work Continues Slowly on Resolution of Lift Issue
By Patti Cullen, CAE
While we are hoping that an upcoming tour by DOL officials in a facility where they can observe the use of a mechanical lift will soften their position, we now believe there needs to be some political pressure read more...
MDS Processing Appears to Be Back on Track
By Doug Beardsley
According to CMS, the Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system issues have been resolved, and the processing of the MDS 3.0 submission files was restarted on October 22, 2010 read more...
CMS Updates Billing Codes and Payment for Influenza Vaccines
By Doug Beardsley
CMS issued Change Request (CR) 7120 in order to update payment allowances, effective September 1, 2010, for influenza vaccines. Note that annual Part B deductible and coinsurance amounts do not apply read more...
NASBO Paints National Picture of State Budget Woes
By Patti Cullen, CAE
NASBO conducts fiscal surveys of all 50 states twice a year. Their spring 2010 Fiscal Survey finds that state general fund spending was down 6.8 percent for fiscal year 2010. Minnesota is not alone in its read more...
AMDA Seeks Nominations for 2011 Medical Director of the Year
By Doug Beardsley
The American Medical Directors Association is accepting nominations through January 10, 2011, for the 2011 Medical Director of the Year. Nominations will be accepted online only until January 10, 2011 read more...
Partial Code Freeze to Be Applied Prior to ICD-10 Implementation
By Doug Beardsley
The ICD-9-CM Coordination & Maintenance Committee has announced implementation of a partial freeze for both ICD-9-CM codes and ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes prior to implementation of ICD-10 read more...
RUG-III Hybrid PPS Rates Posted to Website
By Todd Bergstrom
Care Providers of Minnesota has posted the estimated 2010 Medicare RUG-III Hybrid Prospective Payment System (PPS) rates to the Association website. These rates are currently not in use. read more...
Health Care Reform
Health Coverage Reporting Requirement to IRS Delayed
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The IRS recently announced a one-year delay in implementing a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that employers report the aggregate cost of employee health coverage on a Form W-2 read more...
Response Issued to CMS Letter on Medicaid RACs—Coming to Minnesota in 2011
By Patti Cullen, CAE
It is our understanding that Minnesota will submit a general state plan amendment before the year's end delineating a process to select a Medicaid RAC and incorporate this new mandate into existing read more...
Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Source Now Has FAQ Section
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The new FAQs section of Kaiser Family Foundation’s new Health Reform Source provides concise answers to common questions about the health reform law. You can search for your question or submit read more...
AHCA/NCAL News
Were You in Long Beach? Let AHCA/NCAL Know Your Thoughts!
By Doug Beardsley
If you attended the 2010 AHCA/NCAL 61st Annual Convention & Expo in Long Beach, please take a few minutes to complete a brief post convention survey. The deadline to complete this survey is November 17 read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
DHS Releases Version 5.1.2 of Elderly Waiver Customized Living Tools
By Phil Manz
On October 25, The Minnesota Department of Human Services released Version 5.1.2 of the Elderly Waiver Customized Living Tools. An unspecified number of problems with version 5.1.1 were corrected read more...
DHS Community Residential Setting License (Adult Foster Care) Stakeholder Group Works on Draft Language for Physical Plant and Environmental Standards
By Phil Manz
The stakeholder group is doing a side-by-side analysis of the present requirements for adult foster care and child foster care and then making recommendations for the future. Please review the draft read more...
Association Activities
2011 Leading4Life Candidates Have Been Selected!
By Jason Espersen
We are pleased to announce the candidates for the Foundation’s 2011 Leading4Life Leadership Fellowship program! The 2010 class will be graduating in a special ceremony on Sunday, November 14 read more...
Member Resources
The 2010 Minnesota Senior Housing Compensation Report
By Todd Bergstrom
This state-of-the-art compensation and benefits report contains salary information on 36 senior housing staff positions. Each staff position’s salary data is broken down by housing project size, the type of read more...
FYI Corner
Conference Held to Facilitate Collaborations for Hospice and Palliative Care for Veterans
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The take-away from this event was that there continues to be a great deal of work that needs to happen to connect the veteran to any type of health benefits in their local community, including hospice and read more...
Jobs and Shopping
By Rachel David
On the Association website, there is a place where members can post jobs at no cost, and those looking for work can find those opportunities. And if you want to order a product, the quickest way to do that is read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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2010 | |
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Nov. 15 - 17 |
Care Providers of Minnesota 2010 Convention & Expo |
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2011 | |
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Jan. 11 |
Region 2 (Northeast) Meeting |
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Jan. 12 |
Region 1 (Northwest) Meeting |
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Jan. 13 |
Region 3 (West-Central) Meeting |
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Jan. 14 |
Region 4 (East-Central) Meeting |
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Jan. 18 |
Region 6 (Metro) Meeting |
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Jan. 19 |
Region 8 (South-Central) Meeting |
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Jan. 20 |
Region 5 (South-West) Meeting |
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Jan. 21 |
Region 7 (South-East) Meeting |
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