Publication List by Subject

The Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse collects and sends out publications on the subjects listed below. Most of the publications listed below are from 2005 and later. Please contact the Clearinghouse at (651) 201-5178 or 1-800-657-3793 if you would like a printed copy of any of these publications. We can provide print copies of most of these publications.

To search for other publications the Minnesota Department of Health produces, visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Library Services web site.

Publishers

Many of the publications listed below are on the Web. The capital letters after the publication title identify who produced it. Click on the matching link to view their home page and publications:

Community and Family Health Division (CFH) (to locate CHS entries below)

Data Resources Management Unit (Center for Health Care Purchasing Improvement)

Health Economics Program (HEP)

Managed Care Systems (MCS)

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care ORH&PC

You may leave the Minnesota Department of Health web site and view Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) publications and Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) publications.

To view a list of on-line publications providing information on the various types of health care coverage see this separate list. Most of these publications are from web sites outside the Minnesota Department of Health.

Expenditures and Trends

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2006, 1/08 (PDF: 708KB/52 pages)    HEP  (Web only)

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2007, 12/08 (PDF: 378KB/56 pages) HEP (Web only)

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2009, January 2011 (PDF: 207KB/66 pages) HEP

Baseline Health Care Spending Projections to 2018, Issue Brief, 6/09 (PDF: 78KB/5 pages) HEP

Benefit Trends in Minnesota's Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, Issue Brief 2006-01, 2/06 HEP

Cass County Hospital Public Interest Review, 04/06 HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Minnesota's Hospitals in 2007 4/09 (PDF: 100KB/11 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-04, 8/06 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2005, Issue Brief 12/07 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2006, Issue Brief, January 2009 (PDF: 306KB/4 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2007, Issue Brief, November 2009 (PDF:73KB/5 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, November 2010 (PDF: 81KB/5 pages) HEP

Distribution of Minnesota Hospital Beds by Specialty, Issue Brief 2005-03, 8/05 HEP

Drivers of Health Care Spending Growth in Minnesota, Issue Brief 2001-01, 2/01 HEP

Employer-Based Health Insurance in Minnesota: Results from the 2002 Employer Health Insurance Survey, Issue Brief 2005-01, 3/05 HEP

Factors and Incentives Driving Investment in Medical Facilities, 2/07 HEP

Health Care Access Fund and Provider Tax: A Rural Perspective, Fact Sheet, 11/00 ORH&PC

Health Care Capital Expenditure Reporting Law: Report to the Minnesota Legislature, by the Joint Task Force on Health Care Costs and Quality, 2/03 HEP

Health Care Capital Expenditures in Minnesota, 1993 to 2004, Issue Brief 2005-04, 8/05 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2001 vs. 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Results for 2007, Fact Sheet, 04/08  HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Early Results from the 2009 Health Access Survey, PDP (86KB/7 pages), 2/10HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota: Trends From 2001 to 2004, 2/06 HEP

2003 Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers, Issue Brief 2004-04, 8/04 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2005, Issue Brief 2006-03, 07/06 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2006, Issue Brief, 10/07 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, November 2009, (PDF:86KB/7 pages) HEP

Labor Availability and Health Care Costs, Report to the Legislature, 10/02 HEP

Mandated Health Insurance Benefits and Health Care Costs, Issue Brief 2001-02, 7/01 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook, updated regularly, On theWeb Only  HEP

Sections include:
Health Care Spending and Cost Drivers
Trends and Variation in Health Insurance Coverage
Employment-Based Health Insurance
Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
Public Health Insurance Programs
Uninsurance and the Safety Net
Health Plans
Health Care Providers and Service Availability

Minnesota Health Care Spending and Projections, 2009, June 2011 (PDF: 274.74KB/26 pages) HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2005, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2006, Issue Brief, April 2009 (PDF:73 KB/5 pages)

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2007, Issue Brief, November 2009 (PDF:76KB/6 pages) HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending Trends, 1993-2000, 04/03 HEP

Minnesota Hospital Patient Origin Report: Where State Residents Received Acute Care in 2000, 12/03 HEP

Minnesota Hospitals: A Decade in Review, 1990-2001, 4/03 HEP

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions, 1/07 HEP

Minnesota Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Treatment Utilization Trends: 1998-2002, Issue Brief 2004-07, 11/04 HEP

Minnesota's Acute Care Hospitals: A Regional Perspective, Issue Brief 2004-06, 11/04 HEP

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions, 1/07 HEP

Private Health Insurance Cost Trends in Minnesota, 2007, Issue Brief, 09/08    HEP

Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, November 2009, (PDF:86KB/7 pages) HEP

Trends in Minnesota Hospital Quality, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Trends in Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers, 2004, Issue Brief 2005-02, 8/05 HEP

Trends in Uncompensated Care at Minnesota's Hospitals, June 2010 (PDF: 86KB/5 pages) HEP

Trends in Utilization at Minnesota's Hospitals and Physician Clinics 1990-2000, 11/03 HEP

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Health Care

Access to Health Records Notice of Rights, 4/09, (PDF: 79KB/1 page) poster   DRM
Access to Health Records Notice of Rights also available in Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Access to Care and Health Status Among Uninsured Minnesotans, 2007, 1/09 HEP

Action Plans

Adverse Health Care Events Reporting System: What have we learned?, 1/09 (PDF: 1.45KB/32 pages) Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Hospitals, First Annual Public Report, 1/05 Minnesota Department of Health

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota , Second Annual Public Report, 2/06 Minnesota Department of Health

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota, Third Annual Public Report, 1/07 (PDF: 975KB/80 pages) Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy, Center for Health Informatics

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota, Fourth Annual Public Report, 1/08 (PDF: 735KB/70 pages) Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota, Fifth Annual Public Report, 1/09 (PDF: 4.65MB/96 pages) Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota, Sixth Annual Public Report, 1/10 (PDF: 1.75MB/100 pages) Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

"Adverse Health Events in Minnesota, Seventh Annual Public Report," January 2011, Division of Health Policy, Adverse Health Events (PDF: 3.37MB/98 pages)

Baseline Health Care Spending Projections to 2018, Issue Brief, 6/09 (PDF: 78KB/5 pages) HEP

2002 BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) Child Health Module Data Book, 3/04 HEP

Collaboration Plans

Community Benefit Provided by Nonprofit Health Plans, 1/09 (PDF: 775KB/33 pages) HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Minesota's Hospitals in 2007, 4/09 (PDF: 100KB/11 pages) HEP

Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events, 1/08 (PDF: 420KB/15 pages)   Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events, 1/2010 (PDF: 145KB/15 pages)   Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Health Policy

Distribution of Minnesota Hospital Beds by Specialty, Issue Brief 2005-03, 8/05 HEP

Electronic Drug Prior Authorization Standardization and Transmission, Report to the Legislature 2010, 2/15/10 MDH Commissioner's Office

Health Care Homes: Annual Report on Implementation, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Human Services, 12/09 (PDF: 253KB/22 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office

Health Care Homes: Annual Report on Implementation, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Human Services, 12/10 (PDF: 116KB/19 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office

Health Conditions Associated with Minnesotans' Hospital Use, Issue Brief 2006-02, 2/06 HEP

HMOs, 6/10 MCS

Hospice in Minnesota: A Rural Profile, 6/03 ORH&PC

Medicare and You 2011 (PDF:3.14MB/136 pages), September 2010 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Minnesota Health Care Spending and Projections, 2009, June 2011 (PDF: 274.74KB/26 pages) HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2005, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2006, Issue Brief, April 2009 (PDF:73 KB/5 pages)

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions, 1/07 HEP

Minnesota Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Treatment Utilization Trends: 1998-2002, Issue Brief 2004-07, 11/04 HEP

Minnesota's Acute Care Hospitals: A Regional Perspective, Issue Brief 2004-06, 11/04 HEP

Minnesota's Dentists 2008, Jan. 2009 ORH&PC

Minnesota's Rural Health Plan, 11/08 (PDF: 133 pages)    ORH&PC

Naturopathy Work Group, Report to the Legislature 2009, 3/09   MDH Commissioner's Office

OCAP Consumer Guide You Have Rights and Options As A Consumer/Client Office of Unlicensed Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practice, Health Occupations Program

Oral Health Practitioner Recommendations, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009 1/15/09 (PDF: 3MB/118 pages) 1/09 ORH&PC and Minnesota Board of Dentistry

Populations of Color in Minnesota, Health Status Report, Update Summary, Spring 2009 Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Dept. of Health

Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations Among Minnesotans, 2007 (PDF: 825KB/12 pages) HEP

Profile of Nursing Homes in Rural Minnesota, 5/03 ORH&PC

Profile of Pharmacies in Rural Minnesota, 10/03 (PDF:291KB/7 pages) ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Ambulance Services in Minnesota, 4/03 ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Clinics in Minnesota, 7/03 ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Hospitals in Minnesota, 4/03 ORH&PC

Protecting Communities Through Improved Public Health Information Systems, The Minnesota Public Health Information Network, Report to Minnesota
Legislature 2007
(PDF: 270KB/23 pages) Division of Health Policy, Center for Health Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health

Trends in Minnesota Hospital Quality, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Trends in Uncompensated Care at Minnesota's Hospitals, June 2010 (PDF: 86KB/5 pages) HEP

Trends in Utilization at Minnesota's Hospitals and Physician Clinics 1990-2000, 11/03 HEP

Variations in the Use of Health Services in Minnesota by Insurance Status: Results from the 2001 Minnesota Health Access Survey, Issue Brief 2004-01, 2/04 HEP

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Health Care Coverage

A Shopper's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance, 2/08 National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Access to Care and Health Status Among Uninsured Minnesotans, 2007, 1/09 HEP

Action Plans

Background Paper: How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Benefit Trends in Minnesota's Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, Issue Brief 2006-01, 2/06 HEP

Collaboration Plans

Consideration of Early Creation and Operation of a Health Benefit Exchange, December 2010 (PDF: 90KB/10 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-04, 8/06 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2005, Issue Brief 12/07 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2006, Issue Brief, January 2009 (PDF: 306KB/4 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2007, Issue Brief, November 2009 (PDF:73KB/5 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, November 2010 (PDF: 81KB/5 pages) HEP

Employer-Based Health Insurance in Minnesota: Results from the 2002 Employer Health Insurance Survey, Issue Brief 2005-01, 3/05 HEP

Guide to Small Employer Health Plan Benefit Market, 3/09 MCS

Health Insurance Affordability Study, 1/09 (PDF: 875KB/80 pages) HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2001 vs. 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Updated Results from the 2009 Minnnesota Health Access Survey, Fact Sheet January 2011 (PDF: 144KB/7pages) HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Preliminary Results for 2007, Fact Sheet, 01/08  HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota: Trends From 2001 to 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, November 2009, (PDF:86KB/7 pages) HEP

Health Plan Options, Revised 2011, Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse
Booklet series includes:

Introduction to Health Plan Options
Guide to Purchasing Health Coverage
Guide to Public Health Programs
Guide to Additional Health Care Resources
Glossary of Commonly Used Health Care Terms

HMOs, 6/10 MCS

How to Continue Your Health Care Coverage, 10/09 MCS

How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Licensed Health Care Companies Who Market Individual/Family Health Care Coverage in Minnesota 4/11 Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse

Medical Assistance for Qualified Individuals, 7/11Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)

Medical Assistance for Service Limited Medicare Beneficiaries, 7/11 Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)

Medical Assistance for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries, 7/11 Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)

Medicare and You 2011 (PDF:3.14MB/136 pages), 9/10 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicare supplement premium rate charts Minnesota Department of Commerce

Medicare Supplemental Coverage and Prescription Drug Use, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-05, 8/06 HEP

Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association (MCHA) - application, summary of benefits and premium rates Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association

Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook   updated regularly  On the Web Only HEP
Sections include:

Health Care Spending and Cost Drivers
Trends and Variation in Health Insurance Coverage
Employment-Based Health Insurance
Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
Public Health Insurance Programs
Uninsurance and the Safety Net
Health Plans
Health Care Providers and Service Availability

Minnesota Health Care Programs, selected publications, Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
(Minnesota Health Care Programs refers to the public programs that provide health coverage to Minnesotans through Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. The Minnesota Department of Humans Services oversees these programs.)
Minnesota Health Care Programs 3/11 ( DHS)
Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP), Summary of Coverage, Copays, and Limits 3/11 (DHS)
Minnesota Health Care Programs, Income and Asset Limits, Effective July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, 7/11 (DHS)
Minnesota Health Care Programs Application, 3/11 (in English) (DHS)
Minnesota Health Care Programs Applications in other languages Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions, 1/07 HEP

Populations of Color in Minnesota, Health Status Report, Update Summary, Spring 2009 Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Dept. of Health

Portability of Health Care Coverage, 9/08 MCS

Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008 (PDF: 86KB/7 pages), November 2010 HEP

Private Health Insurance Cost Trends in Minnesota, 2007, Issue Brief, 9/08    HEP

Service Areas for Minnesota HMOs, 5/2011 (PDF: 444.26KB/7 pages)   Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse 

Shopper's Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance National Association of Insurance Commissioners
To order one free copy on line, click on Consumer Resources tab and scroll to bottom of page for order form.

Strategies to Engage Consumers about Health Care Cost and Quality, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2010, January 2010 (PDF: 124KB/20 pages) Minnesota's Vision for a Better State of Health, MDH

Trends in Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers, 2004, Issue Brief 2005-02, 8/05 HEP

Variations in the Use of Health Services in Minnesota by Insurance Status: Results from the 2001 Minnesota Health Access Survey, Issue Brief 2004-01, 2/04 HEP

What You Need to Know, Long-Term Care Insurance, 01/05 Minnesota Department of Commerce

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Health Care Market

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2006, 1/08 (PDF: 708KB/52 pages)   HEP  (Web only)

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2007, 12/08 (PDF: 378KB/56 pages) HEP (Web Only)

Administrative Costs at Minnesota Health Plans in 2009 (PDF: 207KB/66 pages) HEP

Background Paper: How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Baseline Health Care Spending Projections to 2018, Issue Brief, 6/09 (PDF: 78KB/5 pages) HEP

Benefit Trends in Minnesota's Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, Issue Brief 2006-01, 2/06 HEP

Cass County Hospital Public Interest Review, 04/06 HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Minnesota's Hospitals in 2007, 4/09 (PDF: 100 KB/11 pages) HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Nonprofit Health Plans, 1/09 (PDF: 780KB/33 pages) HEP

Consideration of Early Creation and Operation of a Health Benefit Exchange, 12/10 (PDF: 90KB/10 pages) HEP

Minnesota Hospital Public Interest Review: Proposal for a New Inpatient Facility in Cass County, Minnesota, 04/06 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-04, 8/06 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2005, Issue Brief 12/07 HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2006, Issue Brief 1/09 (PDF: 306KB/4 pages) HEP

Distribution of Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, 11/10 (PDF: 81KB/5 pages) HEP

Distribution of Minnesota Hospital Beds by Specialty, Issue Brief 2005-03, 8/05 HEP

Factors and Incentives Driving Investment in Medical Facilities, 2/07 HEP

Health Care Capital Expenditures in Minnesota, 1993 to 2004, , Issue Brief 2005-04, 8/05 HEP

Health Conditions Associated with Minnesotans' Hospital Use, Issue Brief 2006-02, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Affordability Study, 1/09 (PDF: 875KB/80 pages)   HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2001 vs. 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Early Results from the 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey, Fact Sheet 2/10 (PDF: 107KB/7 pages) HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Results for 2007, Fact Sheet, 04/08  HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota: Trends From 2001 to 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2005, Issue Brief 2006-03, 07/06 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2006, Issue Brief, 10/07 HEP

Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008, Issue Brief, 11/09, (PDF:86KB/7 pages) HEP

HMOs, 6/10, 1 page Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse

How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Medicare Supplemental Coverage and Prescription Drug Use, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-05, 8/06 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook, On the Web Only HEP
Sections include:

Health Care Spending and Cost Drivers
Trends and Variation in Health Insurance Coverage
Employment-Based Health Insurance
Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
Public Health Insurance Programs
Uninsurance and the Safety Net
Health Plans
Health Care Providers and Service Availability

Minnesota Health Care Spending and Projections, 2009, June 2011 (PDF: 274.74KB/26 pages) HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending Trends, 1993-2000, 04/03 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2005, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Spending in 2006, Issue Brief, April 2009 (PDF:73 KB/5 pages)

Minnesota Hospitals: A Decade in Review, 1990-2001, 4/03 HEP

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions, 1/07, (PDF: 815KB/67 pages) HEP

Minnesota's Acute Care Hospitals: A Regional Perspective, Issue Brief 2004-06, 11/04

Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers in Minnesota, 2008, 11/09 (PDF: 86KB/7 pages) HEP

Private Health Insurance Cost Trends in Minnesota, 2007, Issue Brief, 09/08   HEP

Report of 2007 Loss Ratio Experience in the Individual and Small Employer Health Plan Markets for: Insurance Companies, Nonprofit Health Service Plan Corporations, and Health Maintenance Organizations, 6/08 Minnesota Department of Commerce

Report of 2008 Loss Ratio Experience in the Individual and Small Employer Health Plan Markets for: Insurance Companies, Nonprofit Health Service Plan Corporations, and Health Maintenance Organizations, 6/09 Minnesota Department of Commerce

Report of 2009 Loss Ratio Experience in the Individual and Small Employer Health Plan Markets for: Insurance Companies, Nonprofit Health Service Plan Corporations, and Health Maintenance Organizations, 6/10 Minnesota Department of Commerce

Report of 2010 Loss Ration Experience in the Individual and Small Employer Health Plan Markets for: Insurance Companies, Nonprofit Health Service Plan Corporations, and Health Maintenance Organizations, 6/2011, (PDF: 191.32/22 pages) Minnesota Department of Commerce

Questions and Answers on Self-Funding of Health Care Benefits, Issue Brief 2000-03, 5/2000 HEP

Trends in Minnesota Hospital Quality, Issue Brief, 12/07 HEP

Trends in Private Health Insurance Premiums and Cost Drivers, 2004, Issue Brief 2005-02, 8/05 HEP

Trends in Uncompensated Care at Minnesota's Hospitals, June 2010 (PDF: 86KB/5 pages) HEP

Trends in Utilization at Minnesota's Hospitals and Physician Clinics 1990-2000, 11/03 HEP

Uncompensated Care in Minnesota Hospitals 1993 to 2003, Issue Brief 2004-08, 11/04 HEP

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Health Care Reform

Accelerating e-Health in Minnesota, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2007, 1/07 (PDF:548KB/57 pages) Minnesota Department of Health

Background Paper: How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Baseline Health Care Spending Projections to 2018, Issue Brief, 6/09 (PDF: 78KB/5 pages) HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Minnesota's Hospitals in 2007, 4/09 (PDF: 100 KB/11 pages) HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Nonprofit Health Plans, 1/09 (PDF: 775KB/33 pages) HEP

Consideration of Early Creation and Operation of a Health Benefit Exchange, 12/10 (PDF: 90KB/10 pages) HEP

Electronic Drug Prior Authorization Standardization and Transmission, Report to the Legislature 2010, 2/15/10 MDH Commissioner's Office

Encouraging Health Plan Use of Provider Peer Grouping to Promote Utilization of Higher-Quality, Lower-Cost Providers, 1/11 (PDF: 54KB/9 pages) HEP

Eliminating Racial and Health Disparities Initiative, 2005 Report to the Legislature, 1/05 (1.9MB/224 pages) Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health (Web Only)

Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2011 (PDF: 625KB/73 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health

Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Investing in Minnesota's Populations of Color and American Indians, 2007 Report to the Legislature, 1/07 (PDF:1.8MB/116 pages) Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health (Web Only)

Health Care Access Fund and Provider Tax: A Rural Perspective, Fact Sheet, 11/00 ORH&PC

Health Insurance Affordability Study, 1/09 (PDF:875KB/80 pages)   HEP

Health Care Homes: Annual Report on Implementation, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Human Services, 12/09 (PDF: 253KB/22 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office

Health Care Homes: Annual Report on Implementation, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Human Services, 12/10 (PDF: 116KB/19 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office

How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Mandated Health Insurance Benefits and Health Care Costs, Issue Brief 2001-02, 7/01 HEP

Naturopathy Work Group, Report to the Legislature 2009, 3/09   MDH Commissioner's Office

Oral Health Practitioner Recommendations, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009, l/09 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Board of Dentistry

Protecting Communities Through Improved Public Health Information Systems, The Minnesota Public Health Information Network, Report to Minnesota Legislature 2007(PDF: 270KB/23 pages) Division of Health Policy, Center for Health Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health

Strategies to Engage Consumers about Health Care Cost and Quality, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2010, January 2010 (PDF: 124KB/20 pages) Minnesota's Vision for a Better State of Health, MDH

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Managed Care

Collaboration Plans (filed by managed care organizations)

HMO and County Based Purchasing Address and Phone List, 7/10 MCS

HMOs, 6/10, 1 page Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse

Service Areas for Minnesota HMOs, 5/2011 (PDF: 444.26KB/7 pages)   Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse 

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Medical Records

Access to Health Records Notice of Rights, 4/09, (PDF: 79KB/1 page) poster   DRM
Access to Health Records Notice of Rights also available in Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Accelerating e-Health in Minnesota, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2007, 1/07, (PDF: 584Kb/57 pages) Minnesota Department of Health

Maximum Charges for Patient Records, Fact sheet, 9/11 (PDF: 37.89KB/1 page) Center for Health Care Purchasing Improvement

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Medical Education and Research Costs

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Minority Health

Eliminating Racial and Health Disparities Initiative, 2005 Report to the Legislature, 1/05 (1.9MB/224 pages) Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health (Web Only)

Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2011 (PDF: 625KB/73 pages) MDH Commissioner's Office, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health

Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Investing in Minnesota's Populations of Color and American Indians, 2007 Report to the Legislature, 1/07 (PDF:1.8MB/116 pages) Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health (Web Only)

Populations of Color in Minnesota, Health Status Report, Update Summary, Spring 2009 Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Dept. of Health

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Practitioners

Minnesota's Dentists 2008, 1/09 ORH&PC

Naturopathy Work Group, Report to the Legislature 2009, 3/09   MDH Commissioner's Office

Oral Health Practitioner Recommendations, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2009, l/09 Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Board of Dentistry

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Prescriptions

Directory of PhRMA Member Company Patient Assistance Programs 2009 PHRMA

Low Cost Options for Prescription Drugs, 10/10 (PDF: 36.79KB/4 pages) Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse/MCS

Medicare Supplemental Coverage and Prescription Drug Use, 2004, Issue Brief 2006-05, 8/06 HEP

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Public Health

Accelerating e-Health in Minnesota, Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2007, 1/07, (PDF: 584KB/57 pages)
Division of Health Policy, Center for Health Informatics

Building a Solid Foundation for Health: A Report on Public Health System Development for 2007,
Division of Community and Family Health, Office of Public Health Practice, 1/07 (PDF: 321KB/28 pages)
CFH

Building a Solid Foundation for Health: A Report on Public Health System Development for 2009, (PDF: 357KB/35pages)
Division of Community and Family Health, Office of Public Health Practice, 1/09
CFH

Community Benefit Provided by Minnesota's Hospitals in 2007, 4/09 (PDF: 100 KB/11 pages) HEP

Community Benefit Provided by Nonprofit Health Plans, 1/09 (PDF: 775KB/33 pages) HEP

Protecting Communities Through Improved Public Health Information Systems, The Minnesota Public Health Information Network, Report to Minnesota Legislature 2007, 1/07 (PDF: 270KB/23 pages) Division of Health Policy, Center for Health Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health

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Rural Health

Health and Well-being of Rural Minnesotans: A Minnesota Rural Health Status Report, 1/05 ORH&PC

Health Care Access Fund and Provider Tax: A Rural Perspective, Fact Sheet, 11/00 ORH&PC

Hospice in Minnesota: A Rural Profile, 6/03 ORH&PC

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care Monthly Update and Quarterly newsletters ORH&PC

Minnesota's Rural Health Plan, 11/08 (PDF:5MB/133 pages)    ORH&PC

Profile of Nursing Homes in Rural Minnesota, 5/03 (PDF: 148KB/9 pages) ORH&PC

Profile of Pharmacies in Rural Minnesota, 10/03 (PDF:291KB/7 pages) ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Ambulance Services in Minnesota, 4/03 (PDF:59KB/5 pages) ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Clinics in Minnesota, 7/03 (PDF:188KB/9 pages)   ORH&PC

Profile of Rural Hospitals in Minnesota, 4/03 (PDF:169KB/8 pages)    ORH&PC

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Uninsured

Access to Care and Health Status Among Uninsured Minnesotans, 2007, 1/09 HEP

Background Paper: How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Results for 2007, Fact Sheet, 04/08  HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota: Trends from 2001 to 2004, 2/06 HEP

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, Updated Results from the 2009 Minnnesota Health Access Survey, Fact Sheet January 2011 (PDF: 144KB/7pages) HEP

Minnesota Hospitals: Uncompensated Care, Community Benefits, and the Value of Tax Exemptions 1/07, (PDF: 815KB/67 pages) HEP

How Much Would It Cost to Cover the Uninsured in Minnesota? Preliminary Estimates, 7/06 HEP

Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook, On the Web Only HEP
Sections include:

Health Care Spending and Cost Drivers
Trends and Variation in Health Insurance Coverage
Employment-Based Health Insurance
Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
Public Health Insurance Programs
Uninsurance and the Safety Net
Health Plans
Health Care Providers and Service Availability

Populations of Color in Minnesota, Health Status Report, Update Summary, Spring 2009 Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Dept. of Health

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If you would like a printed copy of any of the publications above, please contact the Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse:

By telephone:
(651) 201-5178 or 1-800-657-3793
TTY: (651) 201-5797

By mail:
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Health Information Clearinghouse
Compliance Monitoring Division
85 East Seventh Place, P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0882

By e-mail:
health.clearinghouse@state.mn.us

By fax:
(651) 201-5186


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