Health Care Facilities, Providers, and Insurance

• Facility Certification, Regulation and Licensing

• Regulations for nursing homes, home care, hospitals and other facilities.
• Health Care Facility Types    

  • Assisted Living Licensure
  • Birth Center
  • Boarding and Lodging Establishments
  • Boarding Care Home
  • Body Art Establishment
  • End-stage Renal Dialysis
  • Environmental Laboratory Accreditation
  • Federally Qualified Health Center
  • Home Care
  • Hospice
  • Hospital and Critical Access Hospital
  • Housing With Services
  • Minnesota Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
  • Mobile Health Evaluation/Screening Provider Registration
  • Mortuary
  • Nursing Home
  • Nursing Assistant Registry
  • Outpatient Physical Therapy or Speech Services
  • Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
  • Outpatient Surgical Center
  • Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) Center
  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)
  • Rural Health Clinic
  • Supervised Living Facility
  • Supplemental Nursing Services Agencies
  • Transplant Program
  • Trauma System: Hospital
  • X-ray Services

  For Clients, Families and Caregivers    

  • File a Complaint
  • View Complaint and Survey Findings
  • Verify a License or Credential
  • Find a Facility or Provider
  • Find a Funeral Home
  • Choosing a Facility
  • Bill of Rights
  • Resident and Provider Resources
  • Electronic Monitoring Consent
  • Health Regulation Division Public Hearings

  For Professionals    

  • Facility manager resources
  • Apply for or renew a facility license, professional credential or registration
  • Verify a license or credential
  • View complaint and survey findings

• Insurance

• Managed care regulation and information for consumers about insurance.
• Health Information Clearinghouse    

  • Health Coverage Options
  • Health Care Complaint Information
  • Introduction to Health Plan Options
  • Guide to Purchasing Health Insurance
  • Medical Records Information
  • Locating Hospital Medical Records
  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
  • Clearinghouse Resource List
  • Guide to Health Care Resources
  • HMO Action Plans and Collaboration Plans

  Managed Care Systems    

  • Arbitration Services
  • Enrollee Complaint and Appeal Options
  • Essential Community Providers
  • HMO Annual Reporting
  • Health Plan Information
  • HMO Licensure
  • Mental Health Parity
  • Provider Network Adequacy
  • Quality, Financial and Enrollment Stats
  • FAQs

• Health Information Technology

• Standardization and electronic exchange of health care information and transactions.
• Health Information Technology Topics    

  • E-health
  • Health Care Administrative Simplification
  • Notices Related to Health Records

• Advisory Inspections

• MDH's advisory inspection process for certain facility-based programs.

• Governor's Task Force on Academic Health

• The task force will develop recommendations to support world-class academic health professions education, research, and care delivery.

• Provider Certifications, Licenses, Registrations and Rosters

• Information for providers on licenses, registration and more.
• Provider Types    

  • Audiologist
  • Body Art
  • Doula
  • Hearing Instrument Dispenser
  • Home Care Provider
  • Interpreter
  • Mortuary Science Practitioner
  • Nursing Assistant Registry
  • Paid Feeding Assistants
  • Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Unlicensed Complementary and Alternative Health Care
  • X-ray Service Provider

  Birth and Death Registration    

  • Information for County Vital Records Offices
  • Birth and Fetal Death Registration for Hospital Staff
  • Death Registration Information for Funeral Directors and Staff
  • Death Registration Information for Medical Certifiers, Coroners, Medical Examiners and Designated Staff

• Patient Safety

• Information for providers on keeping patients safe.
• Patient Safety Topics    

  • Patient Safety Home
  • Adverse Health Events
  • Controlled Substances and Drug Diversion
  • Infection Control
  • Injection Safety
  • Prevention of Violence

• Health Care Homes

• Certification of primary care clinics/clinicians meeting standards for patient-centered team-based care.

• Notices Related to Health Records

• A notice explaining the rights you have to access your health record and the maximum charges for copies of patient records.

• Rural Health and Primary Care

• Partners with policymakers, providers, and rural and underserved urban communities to ensure a continuum of core health services throughout the state.

• Trauma System

• Emergency Medical Services, trauma registry, State Trauma Advisory Council, hospital and site reviewer resources.