I agree with Austin. Also, if we could get the legislation to require some reasonable MDH turnaround time to our submissions, that would be good.  (“Corrective actions are presumed acceptable unless notified otherwise within 15 business days.”). 

Delays and/or inaction by MDH is largely what precipitated the current mess. 

Jay


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From: Jeremiah Wingstedt [mailto:Jeremiah.Wingstedt@house.mn]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:08 AM
To: Goodno, Kevin
Subject: Question for you

 

Kevin,

 

We are working on an amendment to our aging bill (the language is attached), and we are looking at ways of addressing enforcement actions for nursing homes, home care providers, and other long-term care providers. We are looking at requiring corrective action plans to be submitted to the state and allowing immediate enforcement actions from OHFC in the most serious cases.

 

I've been told that home care providers already document corrective action plans internally but requiring submission to the state would be a new requirement for them. Would the home care providers be comfortable with this change?

 

As for the immediate enforcement, my current plan is to have OHFC report to the Legislature with recommendations of what should constitute a "serious violation of state law." Apparently, CMS already does mandate some immediate remedies for nursing homes, but again I'd expect that wouldn't apply to home care providers.

 

Let me know if you have concerns about either of these changes. I'd be happy to sit down with you for a bit after Aging subcommittee to discuss. Thanks!



Jeremiah Wingstedt

 

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Health and Human Services Finance and Reform

Subcommittee on Aging and Long-term Care

 

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