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News and
announcements
• Minnesotans invited
to take online survey
for health care homes
capacity assessment
before May 27
In May 2008 Governor Pawlenty signed significant health care reform legislation
into law. The reforms include recommendations from the Governor’s Health Care
Transformation Task Force and the Legislature’s Health Care Access Commission.
This comprehensive health care reform package will make significant progress
toward achieving quality, affordable, accessible health care for all Minnesotans.
The reform package includes:
Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP)
SHIP will improve health and reduce demands on the health care system by
decreasing the percentage of Minnesotans who are obese or overweight or use
tobacco.
Health care homes
Minnesotans with complex or chronic conditions will receive coordinated care
through health care homes. These “homes” are not facilities; they are systems that
promote coordinated care from a team of health care providers focusing on
common goals.
Payment reform, quality measurement and cost/quality transparency
These parts of the health reform bill are aimed at making sure the right financial
incentives are in place to encourage changes in health care that reduce cost and
improve quality. Reforms include the development of health care quality measures,
a provider peer grouping system and baskets of care.
• Learning
collaboratives
research contract
awarded to Wilder
Research and two
national experts
• Hospital Quality
Reporting Steering
Committee to meet
on May 7, May 19 and
June 2
• more announcements
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e-Health
New developments in health information technology will make health care safer
and more efficient. All prescriptions will be ordered electronically by 2011 and
interoperable health records will be in place by 2015.
Insurance coverage and affordability
The bill makes it easier for people to get information about state health care
programs, promotes the use of Section 125 plans for employees to buy health
insurance with pre-tax money, and requires reports to the Legislature on subsidies
for employer-based health insurance coverage and value-based benefit sets.
Other activities
The bill establishes a Health Care Reform Review Council, requires several studies
and reports to the Legislature, and establishes a mechanism for projecting health
care costs and measuring savings.
For more information about health reform, please contact: [email protected].
Updated Tuesday, 28-Apr-2009 10:44:30 CDT
5/18/2009 2:43 PM