Health Reform Announcements - December 2010
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The Minnesota Department of Health is now posting weekly updates of announcements related to Minnesota’s health reform activities. These updates will also be sent out via e-mail to subscribers to Health Reform Announcements. Updates will be sent each Thursday.
Weekly Update - December 23, 2010
Health care homes
MDH has certified eight additional health care homes:
- Centracare Health System-Long Prairie Clinic
- Centracare Clinic-Women & Children
- Mankato Clinic
- Mankato Clinic-Daniels Health Center
- University of Minnesota Physicians-Bethesda Clinic
- University of Minnesota Physicians-Broadway Family Medicine Clinic
- University of Minnesota Physicians-Phalen Village Clinic
- University of Minnesota Physicians-Smiley’s Clinic
For more information on health care homes, please see Health Care Homes.
General news
The latest Commissioner’s Perspective by Commissioner of Health Dr. Sanne Magnan is now available.
Weekly Update - December 16, 2010
Health care homes
REMINDER: The Health Care Homes Payment Methodology Steering Committee will meet Friday, December 17:
Friday, December 17, 2010
9 a.m.-noon
Minnesota Department of Health
Snelling Office Park, Red River Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55108
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Weekly Update - December 9, 2010
Provider peer grouping
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MDH will hold monthly conference calls to share information about the provider peer grouping initiative on the second Monday of each month from 7:30-8:30 a.m. The next call-in session is scheduled for Monday, December 13, at 7:30 a.m. The presentation slides for the call will be available Friday, December 10, on the Provider Peer Grouping page. Please note the new phone number and code.
Date: December 13, 2010
Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Phone number: 1-888-742-5095
Participant code: 9247084406 -
The first meeting of the Provider Peer Grouping Reliability Work Group will be Monday, December 13. The purpose of this group is for members to provide advice about how to consider reliability for the peer grouping analysis and for MDH to convey information about reliability related to specific methodological issues.
Monday, December 13, 2010
10 a.m. - Noon
Minnesota Department of Health
Orville L. Freeman Building, Room B107
625 Robert St N
St. Paul, MN 55155
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Health care homes
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The December certification conference call/webinar has been canceled. The next call/webinar will take place on January 19, 2011:
Next call/webinar:
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Theme: TBD
Time: 7:15 a.m.- 8 a.m. (Central Time)
Materials: TBDFor more information and to register, please see Health Care Homes – Conference Calls.
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The Health Care Homes Payment Methodology Steering Committee will meet Friday, December 17:
Friday, December 17, 2010
9 a.m.-noon
Minnesota Department of Health
Snelling Office Park, Red River Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Google map
Weekly Update - December 2, 2010
Statewide quality reporting
- Minnesota Statutes 62U.02 requires the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to establish a standardized set of quality measures for health care providers across the state and to produce an annual report on health care quality. A subset of the standardized set of quality measures will be used for public reporting purposes.
To implement the collection of quality measurement data, MDH has developed the Minnesota Statewide Quality Reporting and Measurement System, created through Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4654. The Commissioner of Health is required to annually evaluate the measures included in the standardized set of quality measures. The 2010 amendments to Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4654, Permanent Rules Relating to Health Care Quality Measures, were approved by the Office of Administrative Hearings on October 26, 2010, and published in the November 29, 2010, edition of the State Register.
The adopted rule and appendices are available at Health Care Quality Measures - Adopted Rule - November 29, 2010.
- The December 8 meeting of the Measurement and Reporting Committee has been canceled.
General news
- The December 9 meeting of the Health Care Reform Review Council has been canceled.
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The MDH website has a new design. The new look improves usability and accessibility of our site and makes the site easier to view on mobile devices.
The facelift is the result of a recent analysis of our website users. The analysis used three main research methods: A Web-based survey, usability testing and focus group discussions.
