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United States Senate Aging Committee Reviews Assisted Living Quality and Oversight Issues
By Phil Manz
On November 2, the US Special Committee on Aging conducted a two-hour hearing on the recent failure of Florida’s assisted living (AL) regulatory system and discussed how AL oversight should be balanced between read more...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed on Use of Observation Stays
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The lawsuit has seven named plaintiffs, some of whom faced hundreds of dollars in hospital bills and thousands of dollars in nursing home bills because they were placed on observation status, despite having read more...
RN Gerontological Certification Coming Through Care Providers of Minnesota and AHCA
By Doug Beardsley
Care Providers of Minnesota will be rolling out the AHCA-sponsored Gero Prep program to our members in December. Gero Prep is a proven online learning program that prepares your RNs to pass the Certification Exam read more...
The Wait is (Nearly) Over!
By Cyndi Spencer
Whether you’re registered for Convention or haven’t registered and need a nudge, here are The Top 10 Reasons to Attend the 2011 Care Providers of Minnesota Convention & Exposition: 10. First time attendees read more...
State News
DHS Issues Bulletin on Changes to Medical Assistance Transfer Penalty Policy
By Todd Bergstrom
The purpose of the bulletin is to explain a policy change that prohibits recalculation of a transfer penalty based on a partial return of transferred assets, and explains new policy on ending a transfer penalty read more...
Nursing Facility Level of Care and Essential Community Supports Workgroup Holds First Meeting
By Todd Bergstrom
While a lot of effort previously focused on mapping the implications for eligibility of waiver clients for nursing facility level of care, much of the current efforts will initially focus on the implications for nursing facility read more...
National News
MedPAC Discusses Reforms to Medicare PPS System for Nursing Facilities
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The presentation focused on high Medicare margins, the need for a payment system revision, and penalties for unnecessary rehospitalizations. It is important to note what direction MedPAC may be heading read more...
Medicare Part D Update
By Toby Pearson
In our ongoing efforts to keep you informed of dates and information for the changes in Medicare Part D, I offer the following highlights of interest: This is the third year the Minnesota Board on Aging has published read more...
Reminder of New Prescription Drug Benefit for Assisted Living Residents
By Patti Cullen, CAE
CMS posted a memo to states on implementation of section 3309 of the Affordable Care Act, which eliminates Part D cost-sharing for full benefit dual eligible individuals receiving home and community-based read more...
Revalidation Reminder, and an Update on 855 Process Improvement
By Patti Cullen, CAE
All enrolled providers and suppliers that were enrolled prior to March 25, 2011, must revalidate their enrollment information under new enrollment screening criteria. Providers and suppliers must wait and read more...
Reminder of Changes to Medicare Overpayment Notification Process
By Patti Cullen, CAE
CMS has made changes to the Medicare overpayment notification process. If an outstanding balance has not been resolved, providers previously received three notification letters regarding Medicare read more...
Health Care Reform
Medicare Health Care Home Demo Working on Community-Based Support Strategies
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The Medicare Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration project will add Medicare to Minnesota's existing multi-payer health care home initiative as a payor for certified health care read more...
Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively (RARE) Tools and Webinar for Nursing Facilities Available
By Todd Bergstrom
The information and tools presented during the Webinar on Long-Term Care and Hospital Admissions/Readmissions Data Collection are now available for viewing and download read more...
Comment Period Open on Proposed Readmissions Measure Specifications
By Patti Cullen, CAE
ICSI, MHA, and Stratis Health launched a statewide campaign on August 1, focusing on five key areas that are known to be the main contributors to avoidable hospital readmissions: comprehensive discharge read more...
DHS and Hennepin County Partner on Innovative Human Services Delivery Coordination Project
By Patti Cullen, CAE
DHS has announced a partnership with Hennepin County on an innovative pilot project, Hennepin Health, to test new strategies to better deliver human services to high-needs populations. This new read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
Mid Minnesota Legal Assistance Offers Support for Appeals of 10% Cuts to “Low Need” CADI Recipients
By Phil Manz
Mid Minnesota Legal Assistance is offering to provide technical assistance to CADI clients (and the providers assisting them) who are filing appeals for the 10% decreases to “low need” CADI clients read more...
Education
CMS to Offer In-Person MDS Provider Training in March 2012
By Doug Beardsley
CMS plans to offer a provider training on MDS 3.0 in March 2012. The training is designed to bring everyone up-to-date on all the changes and refinements to the tool made since its release a year ago read more...
Associate Member Profiles
AmeriPride Linen and Apparel Services Added as a UHF Vendor
Submitted by UHF Purchasing Services
AmeriPride’s customized long-term care apparel, linen, floor care, restroom, and hygiene programs ensure that your facility is always projecting a positive image to your facility. When you partner with read more...
Medline's Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program Helps Nursing Homes Achieve 67% Reduction in Facility-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Submitted by UHF Purchasing Services
Healthcare facilities throughout the country are reporting an average 67.8 percent reduction in facility-acquired pressure ulcers by implementing Medline Industries, Inc.'s Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program read more...
Member Resources
Notice of Medicaid/Medicare Benefits Forms
By Todd Bergstrom
The 8.5" x 11", two-part carbonless form provides a copy for the resident's signature, documenting the facility's compliance with the written requirements of the federal regulations (sold in packets of 50) read more...
Clinical Matters
Research Suggests Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Die From C.diff Infections
By Doug Beardsley
Researchers at Winthrop University Hospital in New York found nursing home residents were more likely to die from complications related to the disease when compared to those who had community-acquired read more...
New Influenza Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities Available
By Doug Beardsley
The Minnesota Department of Health has recently posted a new 2011/2012 influenza guide for long-term care facilities on their influenza website. Topics covered include preparing for influenza season read more...
FYI Corner
Honor Caregivers During National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
By Patti Cullen, CAE
November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The national Alzheimer’s Disease website page that contains resources for caregivers and a place to read more...
University of Minnesota School of Nursing Receives Inaugural BSN Award for Innovative Clinical Rotation in a Nursing Home
By Doug Beardsley
The award honoring the University of Minnesota School of Nursing was presented to Dean Connie Delaney and Vice Dean Sandra Edwardson at the AACN’s fall meeting on October 21, 2011 read more...
Diverse Topics Covered at 2011 Film Festival on Aging
By Rachel David
The fourth annual Film Festival on Aging, held at the University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center on November 4, 2011, included four very different documentaries about aging read more...
No Newsletter Next Week; Early Edition the Week After Convention
By Rachel David
Because Association staff will be at the Care Providers of Minnesota Convention & Expo — Enrich and Inspire — there will be no Action newsletter next week. The next edition of Action will be published on read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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Nov. 14-16 |
Care Providers of Minnesota Convention & Expo |
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Nov. 14 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
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Nov. 14 |
CEO Connection and Annual Membership Meeting |
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Nov. 15 |
Celebration of Caring Dinner |
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Mark Your Calendars | |
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Dec. 13 |
Keeping the Good Ones: Effective Retention Strategies Webinar |
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Jan. 12, 2012 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Managing Employee Performance Webinar |
For a full list of scheduled events and committee meetings, visit our online calendar.
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