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Update on emergency medical assistance services changes
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Here are some of the latest updates: DHS has been unable to identify all of the individuals for whom current EMA coverage should be continued because of a pending appeal. Therefore, DHS will continue to cover read more...
2012 AHCA/NCAL Quality Award program: deadline approaching
By Doug Beardsley
Applicants for the 2012 AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award program are required to submit a non-refundable $75 intent to apply fee by January 12, 2012, at 8 p.m. EST. Questions on submitting the intent to apply read more...
OSHA job-related injuries and illnesses must be posted by February first
By Doug Beardsley
Employers with 11 or more employees are required to post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2011. OSHA requires that the summary be posted from February 1 through read more...
Revised RUG-IV nursing facility conversion rates for January 1, 2012 posted
By Todd Bergstrom
DHS posted new nursing facility rates for the January 1, 2012 RUG-IV conversion on December 23, 2011. The rate notices were revised after a review of the conversion statute and the rate notice method read more...
New year’s training requirements reminder
By Doug Beardsley
Each year Care Providers of Minnesota provides summary documents attempting to be all-inclusive of the staff training requirements our members operate under. To view (and print) staff training requirements for read more...
Legislative/On the Hill
Senate leadership changes
By Heidi Holste
Because Senator Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) resigned her post as majority leader in the Minnesota Senate, on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, the Senate GOP met to elect their new majority leader, Senator David Senjem read more...
Long-term care financing makes the news … twice
By Lisa Foss Olson
Each year (usually in the coldest month possible) Patti Cullen, president/CEO, travels around the state, from Crookston to Worthington, to talk with editors/reporters about long-term care issues and how policies read more...
State News
January 19 DHS videoconference on 2010 census updates available for regions and counties
By Phil Manz
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is hosting a two-hour January 19 videoconference on the 2010 census updates and the profiles available for regions and counties. DHS has planned a series read more...
January 26 DHS videoconference on Minnesota’s assistive technology program
By Phil Manz
On January 26, DHS is offering a two-hour videoconference introduction to STAR (System of Technology to Achieve Results) Services, Minnesota’s federally-funded Assistive Technology Act program read more...
Certificate of rent paid forms due 1-31-12
By Phil Manz
Providers and landlords should remember that organizations that own property, paid 2011 property tax or payments in lieu of property tax (PILOT) and rent living space to others — including nursing read more...
National News
Latest congressional action includes important extensions
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The last-minute agreement between congressional leaders and the White House at the end of 2011 to grant a short-term extension to some key programs included two that impact Medicare beneficiaries read more...
Employer alert: NLRB postpones notice requirement again
By Nancy McCoy
The National Labor Relations Board has agreed to postpone the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule at the request of the federal court in Washington, DC. The new date is April 30 read more...
2012 IRS tax rates and reminders
By Joe Cavanaugh
January is here again, and it's time to think about taxes. Here is your annual list of reminders about 1099-MISC forms, mileage rates, and pension plan limitations. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, the standard read more...
Health Care Reform
Input into Minnesota health care reform
By Patti Cullen, CAE
On December 19, Care Providers of Minnesota, along with our Long-Term Care Imperative partner, sent an email to Lauren Gilchrist, special advisor to the governor on health reform, to address the read more...
Opportunity to provide input in Health Care Reform Task Force Workforce Workgroup
By Heidi Holste
On December 21, 2011, the Minnesota Health Care Reform Task Force Workforce Workgroup met to discuss workforce issues that relate to health care. The challenges that long-term care providers face in read more...
CMS extends deadline date for bundled payment applications
By Patti Cullen, CAE
Due to the large number of letters submitted, CMS has extended the due date for applications for Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Models 2 through 4 to April 30, 2012. The original due date read more...
CMS announces first group of innovation advisors
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The first group of innovation advisors will start their six-month intensive orientation and applied research period in January 2012. It is anticipated that applications will be reopened in spring 2012, and the read more...
Housing, Home and Community-Based Services
CMS updates some Medicare certified home health agency rules
By Doug Beardsley
The first memo alters the notification process for changes of majority ownership of an HHA within three years of initial Medicare enrollment or within three years of a previous change in majority ownership read more...
DHS issues notice of RFP for next round of CS/SD grants
By Patti Cullen, CAE
DHS is seeking proposals from qualified responders for state fiscal year 2013 to expand and integrate home- and community-based services for older adults that allow local communities to rebalance their read more...
DHS may use EWCL tool for payment to some BI and CADI providers in 2013
By Phil Manz
DHS is proposing the use of the elderly waiver customized living workbook, without the case mix caps or the component rates, as the rate setting methodology for 2013 payments to establishments that have read more...
Education
Did you get an iPad for the holidays?
By Cheryl Smith
GoToWebinar has created a FREE app to allow you to participate in a webinar from your iPad. The Association's next webinar is designed to give managers insight and tools for effectively dealing with read more...
Member Resources
2011 Minnesota Nursing Facility Compensation Report
By Todd Bergstrom
This state-of-the-art compensation and benefits report contains salary information on 70 nursing facility staff positions. Each staff position’s salary data is broken down by facility size read more...
New job is a resolution for some
By Lisa Foss Olson
If your resolution is job-oriented, remember to (frequently) check out the career opportunities on the Association’s website. Members can post job openings on the website any time they want, so read more...
Rewards and Recognition
May Creek Senior Living Campus volunteer honored
By Lisa Foss Olson
Nicolas Striebel is a young man who volunteers at May Creek Senior Living in Walker, MN. For many, he is the only young person they get to connect with on a regular basis — a surrogate grandson of sorts read more...
Regulatory Resources
Reminder of MDH nursing facility conference call
By Doug Beardsley
Nursing facility providers should verify that they are registered for the free Minnesota Department of Health provider conference call scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, 2012, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m read more...
Life Safety Code — Hints for survey compliance (#2)
By Doug Beardsley
Failure to comply with the requirements related to separation of hazardous areas is the second most common Life Safety Code deficiency issued in Minnesota. Doors shall be self-closing and non-rated read more...
Clinical Matters
Influenza update
By Doug Beardsley
The current influenza season remains better than the two previous seasons, with only one confirmed outbreak in long-term care settings this season. Since the start of the influenza season, 23 persons have read more...
Legal Trends
NLRB rule
By Toby Pearson
The new rule effectively shortens election time frames, limiting employees’ opportunity to hear from employers and make an informed choice and diminishing employers’ due process. It is expected to read more...
FYI Corner
SAGE launching support group for LGB&T elders
By Patti Cullen, CAE
The national SAGE office is preparing to launch a support group for LGB&T older adults that will meet via telephone. The support group will provide a safe and nurturing space for LGB&T older adults to read more...
Education & Events Calendar
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Jan. 12 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Managing Employee Performance Webinar |
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Jan. 25–26 |
Board of Directors Retreat |
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Jan. 26 |
Board of Directors Meeting |
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Mark Your Calendars | |
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Feb. 29 |
Leap into Action Webinar |
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Apr. 18 |
Quality Symposium |
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May 13–19 |
National Nursing Home Week |
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July 24 |
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation |
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Aug. 22–23 |
Assisted Living & Senior Housing Summit |
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Nov. 7–9 |
Care Providers of Minnesota Convention & Exposition |
For a full list of scheduled events and committee meetings, visit our online calendar.
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