November 22, 2023 | Volume 38, Edition 45
COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinics available
Audience: All members
Is your facility in need of a free mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic? read more
MDH needs your feedback on interest level of grant dollars for medical evaluations for fit-testing staff for N95 usage
Audience: All providers
MDH needs to get an estimate of how many sites would be interested in this service read more
30-day notice to private pay required for nursing facilities
Audience: SNF/NF providers
January 1, 2024, rate notices were posted to the provider portal for most facilities read more
CMS releases final rule on nursing facility ownership & disclosable parties’ disclosure
Final rule requires facilities to disclose additional ownership & management information to...read more
Congratulations to our 2024 Board of Directors & region coordinators!
Congratulations to all members elected or appointed to serve in Association leadership read more
Go for the BRONZE! Bronze application tip #7 of 8
We are moving on to the next two questions of the Bronze application read more
Quality Awards ITA
National & state numbers blew away program goals read more
Upcoming special election for House District 52B
A December 5th special election will ultimately decide who will hold the seat in 52B read more
Report on paid family medical leave projects higher payroll tax necessary
Recent actuarial report commissioned by DEED was conducted by Milliman read more
Joint Human Services Committee hearing
Chairs Noor & Hoffman held a joint informational interim hearing read more
2024 Legislative Session breaks announced
The 2024 Legislative Session is scheduled to begin on February 12th read more
Recap from moratorium exception town hall
Town hall held for small AL providers to discuss the optional transition to CRS read more
Free leadership training
Leadership impacts everything in our sites read more
MAPS annual safety conference set for November 30, 2023
The MAPS team is planning a special day for you & your teams to connect and learn read more
Upcoming education on employee engagement, emergency preparedness, holiday stress & more
Check out the education & events happening in the coming weeks read more
Governor’s Workforce Development Board
The board met jointly with the MN Association of Workforce Boards recently read more
Need nursing assistants?
The next round of Next Generation Nursing Assistant training will be kicking off soon read more
Pipeline 101 virtual training session
The DLI will host a virtual Dual-Training Pipeline 101 session on December 5, 2023 read more
Nursing assistant testing updates
An opportunity to offer in-facility testing for your nurse aide candidates read more
And the award was presented to…
Amazing caregivers were presented with an award at our annual convention read more
Welcome Care Providers of Minnesota new members
Please join us in giving these providers a warm welcome into membership read more
New York Times article focuses on assisted living costs
Part of a series taking a larger look at how our country pays for long-term care read more
COVID-19 relief funds—State experiences could inform future federal relief funding
States received hundreds of billions in federal COVID-19 relief funds read more
Reminder about annual Medicare open enrollment
Medicare open enrollment ends at midnight on December 7, 2023 read more
Application for Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model now available
GUIDE Model aims to support people living with dementia and their caregivers read more
Status of COVID-19 in Minnesota
There are more cases in Minnesota & the virus is circulating in communities read more
MDH addressing nursing facility case mix classification issues
The NF case mix classification software has experienced widespread issues read more
Medicaid renewal updates
DHS continues to work on renewing Medicaid beneficiaries read more
CMS memo release—Guidance for federal monitoring surveys for nursing facilities
QSO includes the updated areas identified for a federal focus concern survey as well as...read more
One Health approach to combat antibiotic resistance
US Antibiotic Awareness Week will be held November 18–24, 2023 read more
CDC releases the latest immunization schedules
Schedules summarize final recommendations previously adopted & made official by the CDC read more
Addressing seasonal affective disorder with residents
Seasonal changes affect LTC residents in positive & negative ways read more
