MHA's comments, responses to the state regarding various health reform issues

• Health Care Homes Payment Methodology
  • Dec. 4, 2009 - MHA comments to DHS on its health care home payment methodology recommendations: [PDF]
• Provider Peer Grouping
  • Dec. 1, 2009 - MHA comments to the state advisory group about its draft provider peer grouping recommendations of Oct. 23: [PDF]
• Essential Benefit Set
  • Sept. 30, 2009 - In an e-mail to the Minnesota Department of Health, MHA offers three points it would like members of the Essential Benefit Set Work Group to consider as they go about the task of defining an essential benefit set: [PDF]
• Health Care Home certification rule
  • Aug. 6, 2009 - In order to address potential problems before the final health care home rule is adopted, MHA has submitted comments to the state departments of Health and Human Services regarding an earlier draft of the rule: [PDF]
  • Dec. 10, 2008 - MHA comments to ICSI on outcome measures for health care homes: [DOC]
• Baskets of Care
• 1/4/10: MHA comments further to MDH on the baskets of care proposed rule: [PDF]
• MHA comments to MDH and ICSI on the baskets of care operations and administrative challenges. See Phase II comments (Oct. 8, 2009) - [DOC]; and Phase I comments: (Aug. 11, 2009)- [DOC]
• 9/7/09: MHA has responded and will continue to respond to MDH and ICSI on the seven baskets of care proposed quality measures. See responses: Asthma: [PDF]; Preventive care of children: [PDF]; Preventive care of adults: [PDF]; total knee replacement: [PDF]; OB-prenatal care: [PDF]; low back pain: [PDF]; diabetes: [PDF] and pre-diabetes: [PDF].
  See forms for submitting comments: Asthma: [DOC]; Preventive care of children: [DOC]; Preventive care of adults: [DOC]; knee replacement: [DOC]; obstetrical care: [DOC]; low back pain: [DOC]; diabetes: [DOC].

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