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| A Medical Assistance Reform Report (PDF) recently submitted to the Minnesota Legislature discusses DHS progress redesigning Medical Assistance (MA) and coordinating with current and ongoing department initiatives. The 2011 Legislature directed DHS to reform MA, Minnesota’s Medicaid program, to achieve better outcomes for people with disabilities, seniors and other enrollees. The report contains detailed information on 12 separate initiatives, designated by the Legislature, including community integration and independence, improved health, reduced reliance on institutional care, attainment of housing and employment and reduced use of services that are less effective. More information is available at www.dhs.state.mn.us/MAreform. |
| For the past several years, DHS has offered nursing facilities a rate incentive to engage in projects that result in measurable quality improvements in the state’s long-term care system. This fall the Performance-based Incentive Payment Program (PIPP) is helping 50 nursing facilities throughout Minnesota participate in a nine-month program seen as having the potential to change care in nursing homes by empowering staff to respond to their instincts, employ critical thinking skills and communicate better. More information about INTERACT™ (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transitions) is available online. |
| Parents searching for child care for their baby, a son concerned about his mother’s adult day care program, family members evaluating services for their sibling with developmental disabilities — all of these consumers now have 24/7 access to important information about licensed programs with the expansion of DHS Licensing Information Lookup: http://licensinglookup.dhs.state.mn.us. Members of the public can subscribe to email alerts when new documents are posted. More information is available in a news release about DHS Licensing Information Lookup. |
| MinnesotaHelp.info® is a website featuring information on community resources for Minnesotans of all ages, with a special online tool to help seniors remain independent and live in their communities. |
| The Telephone Equipment Distribution (TED) Program provides telephone equipment to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or have a speech or mobility impairment and need adaptive equipment in order to use the phone. More information about the TED program is available online. |
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