Feds fund HIT assistance center for rural clinics
MINNEAPOLIS, February 18, 2009 – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced a $19 million grant to set up an assistance center that will help small, rural clinics in Minnesota and North Dakota adopt electronic health records.
Comment on the latest CAD and Hypertension measures
Lawmakers, stay out of Lyme disease debate, MMA says
MINNEAPOLIS, February 9, 2010 - The MMA opposes a bill that embroils the Minnesota Legislature in a clinical debate about Lyme disease.
State to start pay-for-performance program in July
MINNEAPOLIS, January 28, 2009 - The Minnesota Department of Health's new pay-for-performance program may pay clinics who achieve certain outcomes up to $100 extra per patient, according to a report released Wednesday.
MMA primer on “meaningful use” and CMS HIT incentives
MINNEAPOLIS, January 6, 2009 – As part of the federal government’s 2009 economic stimulus package, health care providers and hospitals can qualify for incentive payments if, among other requirements, they meaningfully use certified EHR technology beginning in calendar year 2011.
Community measurement releases new colonoscopy measures
MINNEAPOLIS, January 5, 2010 - MN Community Measurement is seeking public comments about two newly drafted measures related to colonoscopy.
Baskets of care comments due January 5
MINNEAPOLIS, December 17, 2009 – Providers have until January 5 to comment on a set of proposed rules that establish the features of eight state designated baskets of care, the quality measures for those baskets, and the duties of the providers who choose to offer the baskets.
MMA raises concerns about peer grouping
MINNEAPOLIS, December 17, 2009 – The MMA has raised some serious concerns about the peer grouping system the state is developing as a requirement of Minnesota’s 2008 health care reform act.
Physicians question the state’s peer grouping project
MINNEAPOLIS, December 10, 2009 – Approximately 40 physicians and clinic managers attended an MMA sponsored event Wednesday to provide the Minnesota Department of Health feedback about a system it is developing for comparing the cost and quality of health care providers.
UCare announces pay for performance payments
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 30, 2009 ─ UCare’s pay for performance (P4P) program paid $2,445,250 to clinics and care systems across Minnesota for their performance in key quality-of-health measurements achieved in 2008, according to Ucare..