In this issue

• Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving
• Hospital spotlight: MN hospitals get national recognition for work to prevent sepsis
• Federal legislation to strengthen drug compounding practices passes House and Senate
• Community paramedic forum

In this issue 

• Hospital spotlight: RARE Campaign prevents 6,211 avoidable hospital readmissions
• Gov. Dayton proclaims Nov. 21 National Rural Health Day
• Raise awareness of preventing pressure ulcers on Nov. 21
• MHA applauds Congressional interest in pay-for-value
• MHA provides members with direct supervision tool kit
• MNsure’s lowest premiums paired with nation’s highest deductibles
• Applicants sought for Minnesota EHR Revolving Loan Program
• 2014 Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) factors released
• MnSCU begins drafting a statewide plan to increase number of mental health professionals
• Trustee Conference helps hospital trustees set goals and priorities to sustain high performance
• Honoring Choices promotes advanced care planning this Thanksgiving
• Continuing education opportunity for progressive care nurses

According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, falls are the most common adverse event in hospitals. Making falls prevention a top priority, Minnesota hospitals are working to significantly reduce falls and injuries that occur as a result of a fall.

In this issue

• Hospital spotlight: MN hospitals reducing CAUTI
• HHS’s anti-kickback U-turn for subsidized plans sold on MNsure
• Partial enforcement of CMS two-midnight policy extended
• Cuts to hospital payments still at risk as Congress faces new fiscal deadlines
• Sample tobacco-free campus policy available for hospitals

In this issue

• Hospital spotlight: MN hospitals making strides to reduce hospital-acquired conditions, readmissions
• 2013 Top Performers named by Joint Commission
• Federal government concludes that anti-kickback laws do not apply to subsidized plans sold on MNsure
• MHA discusses concerns with MNsure
• Fee-for-service physician payments may be history
• MHA welcomes new member services and communications specialist
• First Contact started Nov. 1
• Several vacancies on health care-related state boards
• Deadline extended for submitting community benefit information
• Watch your mailbox for MHA January Trustee Conference brochures