Health Care Homes (aka Medical Homes) - Certification & Recertification Requirements and Process
Health care providers must meet a set of standards and criteria in order to be certified as a health care home in Minnesota. There are five basic steps in the application process for certification as a health care home.
Getting started
Submit your Letter of Intent as soon as your organization intends to seek certification. This will allow our team of planners and regional HCH nurse consultants to assist you as needed and provide resources and guidance as you proceed with the certification process.
Please download the printable assessment tool for use internally in your clinic to determine if your clinicians are currently implementing all of the standards and criteria in the rule relating to health care homes. Please note that you should not submit this assessment at this time -- it is simply a tool to help you determine the readiness of your clinician(s)/clinic(s) for certification. Later in the application process you will be prompted to fill in the same assessment tool online. Below are two versions of the printable assessment tool:
- One version for use by clinics for planning purposes
Certification assessment tool (DOC: 210KB/20 pages)
- One version containing sample language that a clinic might enter in the assessment tool, for training purposes
Certification assessment tool with examples (DOC: 218KB/21 pages)
Eligibility criteria and adopted expedited rule chapter 4764:
Health Care Homes - Adopted Rule
Printable checklist outlining certification process:
Certification application process checklist - printable version (PDF: 49KB/2 pages) - updated 2-24-10
Brochure Template for Providers - MDH is providing a brochure template about health care homes for providers to use with their patients. This brochure template is designed for clinics that are applying to become a certified health care home or that have already been certified as a health care home.
Certification Guide
Certification guide (PDF: 2.5MB/21 pages) - updated 2-1-10
Steps to Certification |
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| Optional pre-application activities | |
| Step 1 | Letter of Intent |
| Step 2 | Application and Certification Assessment |
| Step 3 | Site Visit |
| Step 4 | MDH Review and Notification |
| Step 5 | Recertification |
| Optional requests as needed: variances and appeals | |
Once a clinic is certified as a Health Care Home, it is the clinics responsibility to maintain accurate provider information using the HCH database. The Post Certification Amend Clinicians Guidance shows you how to add new providers, enter Medicare numbers, correct typos, make name changes, or end eligibility for providers who leave your clinic.
Post Certification Amend Clinicians Guidance (PDF: 1.3MB/10 pages)
New Applicants |
Returning Users |
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| * The HCH application runs best with Mozilla Firefox. Be sure you are using the latest version with updated plugins. HCH Certification Portal Tip Sheet (PDF: 25KB/1 page) |
For additional resources and information about health care homes, please see Health Care Homes - Education and Resources.
Find a certified health care home
If you have questions, please contact the MDH health care homes staff:
Phone: 651-201-5421
E-mail: health.healthcarehomes@state.mn.us
