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DHS Offers Stunning and Confusing Proposal to Significantly Limit Client Choice and Provider Participation in the Elderly, CADI and TBI Waiver Programs
By Phil Manz and Patti Cullen, CAE
We are reviewing our options for responding to this outrageous proposal that sets up additional artificial barriers to service access, decreases flexibility for service provision when increased flexibility is needed read more...
Congressional Lame Duck Action—Senate and House Pass RUGs-IV and Therapy Caps Legislation!
By Larry Johnson
Our two highest priorities for the Lame Duck session—a repeal of the RUG-IV implementation delay and the extension of the current therapy caps exceptions process—were included in a bill passed by Congress this week read more...
January Region Meetings
By Jason Espersen
January Region Meetings will include preparation for the 2011 legislative session, Health Care Reform implementation update, brainstorming on possibilities for regulatory relief, the Quality Award process read more...
Ho-Ho-Ho-Hope Your Decorations are Safe!
By Doug Beardsley
While holiday décor may look may look good, and help to create a “homey” atmosphere, it may also cause a Nursing Facility to be in violation of the Life Safety Code. Use the following as guidelines when decorating read more...
We Are Recruiting Volunteers for Our 2011 Committees!
By Nancy McCoy
Remember, if you served on a committee in 2010, you will still be a member of that group in 2011. However, if you would like to join a different committee or if you are new to the committee process, simply print out the read more...
Legislative/On the Hill
LTC Imperative Gets Sneak Peek of Upcoming Legislative Session
By Patti Cullen, CAE
There are so many new legislators without core knowledge of our issues that it is CRUCIALLY important to crank up the grassroots efforts. Some legislators believe that elderly are cared for only in two types of settings read more...
Mark Dayton Wins Governor’s Race after Recount
By Larry Johnson
On Wednesday, Representative Tom Emmer called a press conference and conceded the Governor’s race to former Senator Mark Dayton. Dayton's transition team has a website where you can submit read more...
State News
DHS Seeks Input via a 5-Minute Survey on Money Follows the Person Demonstration
By Phil Manz
DHS is asking stakeholders to complete a short survey that will take approximately 5 minutes. The deadline for completing the survey is Tuesday, December 14. The results of the survey will be presented read more...
MDH Releases Report on Preventable Rehospitalizations
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Some of the major findings from this issue brief include: overall, approximately 53,000 potentially preventable hospitalizations for adult Minnesotans occurred in 2007; these hospitalizations accounted for about 10.5 percent read more...
DHS Reissues Information on Long-Term Care Partnership (LTCP) Program
By Todd Bergstrom
DHS recently published the bulletin, “DHS Reissues Information on Long-Term Care Partnership (LTCP) Program (#10-21-18).” The bulletin replaces bulletin #08-21-08. To view the bulletin, please read more...
Transform 2010 Delineates Key Themes
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Transform 2010 was capped off on November 5, 2010 with a forum. Key Transform 2010 themes emerging from their meetings and explored during the forum were: supporting work—paid or nonpaid read more...
National News
As Predicted, MedPAC Recommends No Market Basket Increase
By Patti Cullen, CAE
AHCA responded with a press releasing asking MedPAC to recommend to the Congress a full market basket cost of living update for skilled nursing facilities. AHCA believes the update is necessary to read more...
MDS 3.0 Coding Clarification
By Doug Beardsley
CMS has reconsidered the matter and has concluded that providers Do Not need to submit corrected assessments where item A0310E may have been miscoded. Providers should follow the read more...
CMS Training on Implementation of MDS 3.0 Section Q
By Doug Beardsley
CMS will host a training session on the Implementation of the Minimum Data Set Section Q under the MFP Rebalancing Demonstration Program on Tuesday, December 14 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. read more...
Medicare Learning Network Issues Two New Helpful Fact Sheets
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Medicare Learning Network® has revised the “Medicare Claim Review Programs: MUE, CCI, CERT, RAC” booklet, which is designed to provide education on the different CMS claim-review programs read more...
Health Care Reform
Effort to Repeal Health Care Law's 1099 Provision Fails in Senate
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Senate will vote again on this in the next few weeks. There is support in both political parties to repeal the provision, in which employers would have to file IRS 1099 forms for vendors who do more read more...
CMS Proposes Earliest Possible Date to Implement Medicare Part D Co-Pay Legislation
By Patti Cullen, CAE
CMS has proposed Jan. 1, 2012 as the implementation date for recently-enacted legislation that will eliminate Medicare Part D cost sharing for dual eligible beneficiaries in assisted living and other home and read more...
Administration Releases New Information on Affordable Care Act’s Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Council of Economic Advisors estimates that 4 million small businesses are eligible for the credit if they provide health care to their workers. The credit is worth up to 35 percent of a small business’s read more...
AHCA Responds to Request for Information Regarding Accountable Care Organizations
By Patti Cullen, CAE
CMS issued a notice last month asking for guidance on their rulemaking development for accountable care organizations. AHCA submitted detailed comments, some of which were based on our comments read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
Comments on Home Care Proposals Needed
By Doug Beardsley
The email address to be used for comments to the Health Department in last week’s Action article regarding new proposed home care rules was incorrect. It should be kay.herzfeld@state.mn.us read more...
Quality
Looking for Unique Quality Initiatives to Highlight
By Lisa Foss Olson
We are pulling together information for our first annual quality report. One of the sections – Member Spotlight – will feature specific members’s initiatives that are unique. If you have a program that you would read more...
Education
Normandale Offers New Program in Emerging Health IT Profession
By Todd Bergstrom
The 6-month ARRA-HITECH-funded HIT training program will focus on job-specific training for one of four workforce roles in the field of health information technology. It is an online, distance learning read more...
Association Activities
Shai Nolan, Youth Volunteer of the Year
By Lisa Foss Olson
Shai has been a part of the Minnesota Masonic Home North Ridge since she was a preschooler in their onsite daycare. Last year, Shai was officially old enough to start in their volunteer program, and has read more...
Great Question: Great Answer
By Cyndi Spencer
How can I download education session handouts from the 2010 Convention & Exposition? read more...
Get Your News with One Click
By Lisa Foss Olson
Want to find out what’s happening at the Association? With one click, you can find out the latest news, educational offerings, Patti’s CEO Blog, and more. Where? On our website's News page read more...
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs . . . and I’m Not Talking Steve
By Lisa Foss Olson
Looking for a job as a housing director? Social worker? LPN? Need to fill a position at your facility? Care Providers of Minnesota’s Career Center is the place to look. The job center is one part of our read more...
Associate Member News
Moving Care Centers From Not Paid to Paid
By Cancace LaRochelle, eHealth Data Solutions
By providing Care Centers with tools that allow corrections to be made to assessments before submitting to MDH and CMS, CareWatch helps Minnesota Care Centers succeed in this challenging read more...
Member Resources
Bed Entrapment Measurement Rental Kit
By Todd Bergstrom
Do you know if your bed systems are safe? The FDA guidance uses specific measuring tools and tests to determine safe versus unsafe bed-systems. We have 2 bed measurement kits available to rent read more...
FYI Corner
Caregiving the Focus of the Leadership Council on Aging Summit
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Speakers focused on data and statistics supporting the need for caregivers in the state, current trends in caregiving and caregiver support, research on effectiveness of caregiver support, and public read more...
City of Minneapolis Seeking Internship Opportunities for 2011 Step-Up Program
By Larry Johnson
The City of Minneapolis Step-Up Program is seeking non-profit agencies, education and government agencies to provide summer internship experiences for Minneapolis youth ages 14-21 between June read more...
What Do We Have for Session and Consumers?
By Rachel David
While our website is full of information for members, it is also a resource for consumers who may need to use the services of our members. What happens when consumers access the Association website? read more...
Look Out for Phony Awards
By Lisa Foss Olson
The Better Business Bureau offers several tips to avoid losing money in a “vanity award” program: Most legitimate awards do not come with costs for the recipient. If there is a cost, scrutinize more read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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Jan. 11 |
Region 2 (Northeast) Meeting, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Duluth |
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Jan. 12 |
Region 1 (Northwest) Meeting, noon - 3 p.m. in Erskine |
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Jan. 13 |
Region 3 (West-Central) Meeting, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Fergus Falls |
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Jan. 14 |
Region 4 (East-Central) Meeting, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in St. Cloud |
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Jan. 18 |
Region 6 (Metro) Meeting, 1 - 4 p.m. in Bloomington |
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Jan. 19 |
Region 8 (South-Central) Meeting, 9 a.m. - noon in Winnebago |
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Jan. 20 |
Region 5 (South-West) Meeting, 1 - 4 p.m. in Minneota |
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Jan. 21 |
Region 7 (South-East) Meeting, 9 a.m. - noon in Rochester |
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