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STATE HEALTH REFORM The Minnesota Departments of Health and of Human Services are convening a stakeholder advisory task force to advise the state on the application to become a Medicare Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration site. The first meeting was June 24. The next meetings are July 16 ( 8-11 a.m.) and July 22 (9-11 a.m.) at the Minnesota Department of Health Snelling Office Park location. For more information, contact: health.reform@state.mn.us. Health Care Home team conference calls and webinars every third Wednesday include an update on health care homes implementation and next steps, followed by a presentation on a certification-related theme. Questions are welcome. Provider peer grouping initiative conference calls are the second Monday of each month, 7:30-8:30 a.m. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Minnesota e-Health Initiative Summit: Leveraging Meaningful Use presentations are online. NEWS AND RESOURCES Articles spotlighting Minnesota Loan Forgiveness participants are online. Click “New!”
STAFF NEWS Mark Schoenbaum discussed ORHPC activities and Minnesota Health Reform at the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board Northeast Minnesota Health Care Forum. Mark Schoenbaum visited Virginia Regional Medical Center in Virginia and White Community Hospital in Aurora to learn about the hospitals' accomplishments and challenges. Karen Welle met with members of the Greater Minnesota Telehealth Broadband Initiative in Duluth to discuss current and future plans. Deb Burns, Minnesota Office of Public Health Practice, and Karen Welle hosted International Visitor Leadership Program participant Nurseha Dewagong from Indonesia. | ||||||||||||
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| Clinical Dental Innovations Grant: Proposals due July 9. Loan Forgiveness Programs: Open for application July 1-December 1. | ||
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Advanced Nursing Education Expansion Program (HRSA): Due July 19 Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program (HRSA): Due July 19 Nurse Managed Health Clinics (HRSA): Due July 19 Full-time National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment (HRSA): Due July 29. |
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Serve on one of these Minnesota councils/boards seeking members: Submit real-world experiences and lessons learned to Health IT Journey: Stories from the Road. Join the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC). Submit nominations by July 16 for the 2010 Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Awards. Submit nominations by July 23 for the Community Health Award. |
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Minnesota Sen. Al Franken took the lead in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the U.S. Acting Comptroller Gen. Gene L. Dodaro emphasizing the need for adequate rural representation during implementation of the Health Care Reform law (pdf: 203KB/3pgs). Sen. Amy Klobuchar and 30 other colleagues from both sides of the aisle signed the letter. Six rural Minnesota communities have been selected to participate in Stratis Health’s Rural Palliative Care Community Development Project to establish or strengthen palliative care programs in their communities. The community teams and their lead organizations are: The Northern Minnesota Network received nearly $2.5 million from HHS Recovery Act Funds to expand use of Health Information Technology. In Minnesota, 13 Prospective Payment System hospitals will receive increased Medicare funding under a provision of the federal health reform law. Funding is available to the lowest cost hospitals: Albert Lea Medical Center-Mayo Health System, District One Hospital (Faribault), Douglas County Hospital (Alexandria), Fairmont Medical Center-Mayo Health System, Immanuel-St. Joseph's-Mayo Health System (Mankato), Lake Region Healthcare Corporation (Fergus Falls), Owatonna Hospital, Rice Memorial Hospital (Willmar), Sanford Regional Hospital Worthington, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd), St. Mary's Innovis Health (Detroit Lakes) and Winona Health Services. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius toured the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, along with Minnesota U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Minnesota U.S. Rep. Tim Walz. University of Minnesota Medical School scores in top quartile for overall "social mission" | ||
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Register by July 5 for the free 340B drug discount program for newly eligible hospitals webinar July 7. Sixth International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine and the annual National Rural EMS Summit August 9-13 in Vail, Colorado. Agricultural Medicine: Occupational Environmental Health for Rural Health Professionals is in two parts: August 12-14 in Dickinson, North Dakota and September 23-25 in Devils Lake, North Dakota. Community Health Conference is September 29-October 1 in Brainerd. Many Faces of Community Health 2010 Conference is October 28-29 in Minneapolis. |
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