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Senate HHS Omnibus Bill Update
By Toby Pearson
Your actions and contacts made a difference—the Senate HHS Committee amended the original bill to benefit older adult services! The only amendment related to long-term care concerns long-term care assessments read more...
A Whole Lotta Information on Elderly Waiver and Nursing Facility Budget Proposals Now Available
By Todd Bergstrom
On the Advocacy page of the Association website, we have posted a side-by-side document providing detail on the proposals and how the Governor, Senate, and House are approaching each issue, as well as a read more...
A Chance to Get in Touch with Your Legislators Locally: Sunday Meetings Around the State
By Heidi Holste
The House DFL has announced GOP budget briefing meetings around the state for Sunday, April 3. If you are out and about on Sunday, stop in and let the House member(s) in attendance know how the House budget read more...
Severe Weather Awareness Week 2011
By Doug Beardsley
Minnesota’s Severe Weather Awareness Week will be held during the week of April 11-15, 2011, with tornado drills scheduled for Thursday, April 14th. Everyone is encouraged to make a plan, practice drills, and read more...
My InnerView 2011—Free Webinars to View Options and Pricing
By Doug Beardsley
We discovered that many of the newer My InnerView features were not being utilized by many enrollees. Current subscribers to My InnerView and those considering using it will want to participate in a free webinar read more...
Legislative/On the Hill
Board Holds Conversation with DHS Assistant Commissioner at Recent Meeting
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Areas of discussion from the meeting include PACE rates and the final PACE RFP that were just released, the Governor’s revised proposal for long-term care, surcharge increases in the Governor’s budget proposal read more...
Please Speak Up to Assure You Are Heard!
By Heidi Holste
On each of the Rolling Days at the Capitol, we will be meeting to give you a briefing at 9:00 a.m., and you will go to meet with your legislators after that. There is still time to register; choose any of the dates read more...
6 Things in 10 Weeks: Rolling Days at the Capitol
By Lisa Foss Olson
The Rolling Days at the Capitol are scheduled so that multiple regions will be coming on each day to maximize our effectiveness and messages. However, please feel free to join us on any of the three days of this read more...
2011 Bill Introductions
By Heidi Holste
Each week during the 2011 legislative session, we post a list of Bill Introductions in the Advocacy Section of the Association's website. Please contact Toby Pearson or Heidi Holste any time if you have read more...
State News
Dayton Administration Announces Significant Policy Changes for Health Plans/Managed Care in Minnesota
By Phil Manz
On March 23, Governor Dayton held a press conference to announce policy changes for health plans in Minnesota. They include competitive bidding for managed care contracts read more...
DHS Announces Health Care Delivery Systems Demonstration Project and Opportunities for Stakeholder Input by April 15
By Phil Manz
DHS is seeking input on the definition of payment model, performance measures and other program rules. Opportunities for stakeholder input include a webinar on Thursday, April 7 from 2 to 5 PM and read more...
CMPs—New Minnesota Projects Approved
By Doug Beardsley
The six projects include Ombudsman - Services to Deaf, Deaf-blind, and Hard of Hearing Residents in Nursing Facilities, Ombudsman - LGBT Cultural Competency in Nursing Facilities, MDH - Falls Prevention read more...
Housing Members Advocate for Improvements in MnCHOICES for Clients with Mental Health Issues
By Phil Manz
DHS convened a Mental Health Connection Meeting on March 24 to review the MnCHOICES Behavior/Emotion questions content document crosswalking it with the requirements for the DD Waiver, the read more...
Reminder: Summer Health Care Internship Program Apps Due April 18
By Patti Cullen, CAE
This program brings students and health care employers together, giving students experience in a health care environment and employers the opportunity to become more involved in their community by read more...
National News
Federal Changes Made to CMP Process and Collections
By Doug Beardsley
CMS recently issued S&C: 11-16-NH to state survey agencies outlining the changes that will take effect on January 1, 2012 regarding Civil Monetary Penalties. They include permitting CMS to collect read more...
New Medicare Enrollment Application Fee Began on March 25
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The fee is to be used by the Secretary to cover the cost of program integrity efforts including the cost of screening associated with provider enrollment processes. The application fee is $505 for CY2011 read more...
Clinical Lab Physician Signature Delay Will be Extended
By Doug Beardsley
AHCA has confirmed that CMS is proceeding with rescinding the physician signature requirement that was scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2011. CMS shared that rescinding this requirement means read more...
MedPAC Report Released—Once Again Recommends No SNF Update
By Patti Cullen, CAE
MedPAC recommends that the Congress should require the Secretary to revise the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system by adding a non-therapy ancillary component, that the Secretary read more...
CMS MDS 3.0 Section M—Skin Conditions YouTube Presentation
By Doug Beardsley
Do you want to better understand the expectations of Section M (skin conditions) in the “new” MDS 3.0? CMS has recently posted an archived video of their “Evening Experts Panel Discussion” focusing on read more...
Where’d You Get That Shirt?
By Lisa Foss Olson
This year, AHCA (the American Health Care Association) is offering a “Fulfilling the Promise” t-shirt as one of the promotional items you can purchase for the week. There are many other items available read more...
HHS Issues Helpful HIPAA Fact Sheet for Providers
By Doug Beardsley
HHS has recently prepared an excellent document summarizing the medical privacy of protected health information for health care professionals. The document would be an excellent addition to read more...
Health Care Reform
AHRQ Posts Information and Tools to Improve Hospital Discharge Process
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers information and tools for clinicians and patients to make the hospital discharge process safer and to prevent avoidable readmissions read more...
AHCA/NCAL News
LTC Trend Tracker User Training
By Doug Beardsley
Participate in an informative webinar to assist you to learn how to use LTC Trend Tracker. This free webinar will explain the different uses for reports, how to best utilize the graph features, excel features read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
Status of New Home Care Regulations Proposal
By Doug Beardsley
On March 3, 2011 MDH issued a “Final Draft for Revisor." The final draft incorporated some of the comments provided by associations and individuals, but also did not incorporate many of the comments read more...
DHS Proposal to Amend Provisions of the Housing with Services Contract and Registration Process Withdrawn
By Phil Manz
DHS agreed to withdraw proposed legislative language that would modify portions of seventeen points of the Housing with Services Contract and change some of the information submitted to MDH read more...
Quality
2011 Awards: 8 Weeks and Counting
By Lisa Foss Olson
Care Providers of Minnesota’s award program offers 16 opportunities to recognize an individual, group, or program for their commitment to older adult services. Chances are, someone at your facility read more...
Foundation
Seasons of Self-Care Publication of Leading 4 Life Class Now Available
By Cyndi Spencer
The Seasons of Self Care is a collection of ideas, advice, reflections, and resources designed to help you provide for your own self-care, so that you can be an effective, ethical leader in your community read more...
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation Helps International Institute of Minnesota Student Become a Successful Woman
By Cheryl Smith
Tenneh Marvie's story is filled with circumstances and barriers that reflect her country’s civil unrest and the negative impact on its population. “On the run” is how Tenneh expresses her experiences during read more...
Associate Member News
Welcome New Associate Members
By Cyndi Spencer
We encourage you to contact our new business members and our other supporting business partners when making research and purchasing decisions. We welcome the following new business members read more...
Anne Lewis Joins Health Dimensions Group as Project Manager for Home- and Community-Based Services
Health Dimensions Group, an Associate Member at Care Providers of Minnesota and one of the nation’s leading senior focused health care management and consulting firms, announces that read more...
Member Resources
Keeping Residents Safe: MN Vulnerable Adults Act Brochure
By Todd Bergstrom
This brochure helps residents and their families understand what the Minnesota Vulnerable Adults Act is; what to report under the VAA; when and how to make a VAA report; and what to expect if they read more...
FYI Corner
Quality Dashboard Resource Heading Your Way
By Patti Cullen, CAE
During the first quarter of 2011, organizations from the Quality Council did a beta test of the dashboard and its instructions and now we are ready to release this new resource to our membership read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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Apr. 13-15 |
AHCA/NCAL 2011 Spring CEO Multi-facility Conference |
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Spring Leadership Conference |
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May 8-14 |
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July 19 |
Foundation Golf Tournament |
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Aug. 24-25 |
Assisted Living & Senior Housing Summit |
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Sep. 11-17 |
National Assisted Living Week |
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Sep. 19-21 |
AHCA/NCAL 62nd Annual Convention |
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Nov. 14-16 |
Care Providers of Minnesota Convention & Expo |
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