General Information 3

• ⇅ Join our Newsletter Mailing List!

  Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 mailing list measurement minute newsletter

• ⇅ MNSHINE Trust Center Updated

  Updated: Friday, October 30, 2026 compliance confidentiality data security hipaa network security risk security soc2 vulnerability

• ⇅ MNSHINE Status Page Updated

  Updated: Friday, October 30, 2026 downtime incident maintenance mnshine secure file sharing outage pipe production site pipe sftp pipe upload service disruption status

Updates and Measure Changes 5

• ⇅ MNSHINE Name Change: What can PIPE Users expect? Updated

  Updated: Friday, October 30, 2026

• ⇅ FAQ: MN Community Measurement Acquires Minnesota HIE, Will Become MNSHINE on November 1, 2026 Updated

  Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 acquisition faq hie mnshine name change

• ⇅ Changes to Depression Care Suite

  Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 2026 2026my 2027 changes depression depression measure specifications depression outcome measure changes measure specifications measurement year 2026 measurement year 2027

• ⇅ MNCM's Updated Data Retention Policy - Dec 2, 2025 Webinar

  Wednesday, December 10, 2025 data purge data retention records retention webinar

• ⇅ Upcoming Changes to the Optimal Asthma Control Measure

  Updated: Monday, October 27, 2025 2026my airq asthma measure change measurement year 2026 my2026 oac optimal asthma control

IT Support Requests 1

• ⇅ User Account Requests and Changes

  Updated: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 account pipe sandbox secure portal upload portal user access user account

Clinic and Provider Registration Resources 3

Resources for annual clinic and provider registration

• ⇅ Data Submission Planning Calendar

  Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 annual registration calendar clinic registration data submission data submission deadline deadline measure reporting measure reporting deadline planning provider registration

• ⇅ Clinic and Provider Registration Guide and Provider Registration Template

  Updated: Sunday, November 23, 2025 annual registration clinic registration provider registration registration

• ⇅ Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Calculation Tool

  Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 fte full time equivalent provider registration registration

Clinic and Provider Registration FAQs 11

Answers to common questions about annual clinic and provider registration.

• ⇅ Which clinics need to register?

  Updated: Tuesday, November 30, 2021

• ⇅ Should we include providers who were employed for a only portion of the year?

  Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021

• ⇅ Should the provider FTE reflect clinic time with patients? Or, should it reflect both clinic time and time spent in other administrative roles?

  Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021

• ⇅ Our medical group closed one or more clinics during the year and providers were absorbed into other existing clinics. How do we record the provider FTEs in the provider registration file?

  Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021

• ⇅ Is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) required to be registered? 

  Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021

Medical Group Onboarding Overview 11

This category is for questions related to PIPE (Process Intelligence Performance Engine).

• ⇅ Welcome to the PIPE Onboarding Page!

  Updated: Monday, September 21, 2026 onboarding pipe readiness

• ⇅ Milestone1 - Pre-Implementation Tasks Updated

  Updated: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 milestone 1 onboarding pre-implemenation

• ⇅ Milestone 2A - Query and Data File Format (First File Set)

  Updated: Friday, May 19, 2023

• ⇅ Milestone 2B - Query and Data File Format (Second File Set)

  Updated: Friday, May 19, 2023

• ⇅ Milestone 3 - Sandbox Imports and Verify Data Extract

  Updated: Monday, July 24, 2023

Medical Group Guides & Specifications 16

• ⇅ PIPE Patient Record Merge Instructions

  Thursday, September 3, 2026 merge patient id patient record pipe reconciliation record merge record merger record reconciliation

• ⇅ PIPE Data Submission Certification Survey

  Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 certification data submission pipe pre-submission survey

• ⇅ PIPE Data File Field Specifications

  Updated: Friday, October 9, 2026 data submission pipe

• ⇅ PIPE ALL Measure Specifications

  Updated: Friday, October 9, 2026 calculation specs measure calculation specs measure specifications specs technical measure specs technical specs

• ⇅ PIPE Data Submission Instructions for Medical Groups

  Updated: Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Medical Group Instructional Videos 11

• ⇅ Completing Annual Registration

  Monday, July 24, 2023

• ⇅ General PIPE Sandbox and Production Portal Walkthrough

  Updated: Friday, May 5, 2023

• ⇅ PIPE Onboarding Milestones and Timeline

  Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2024

• ⇅ PIPE Onboarding Patient Level Validation

  Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2024

• ⇅ PIPE File Extract Guide Walkthrough

  Friday, May 5, 2023

Medical Group FAQs 19

• ⇅ Urgent Care and Measure Denominator Inclusion

  Tuesday, June 17, 2025 denominator inclusion urgent care

• ⇅ Subscribe/Unsubscribe to PIPE Notification Emails in Your Account!

  Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 email pipe pipe email unsubscribe

• ⇅ PIPE Submissions: What data from outside clinics/facilities should be included?

  Updated: Monday, June 17, 2024

• ⇅ PIPE Onboarding Tips

  Updated: Monday, December 4, 2023

• ⇅ How to open text file as excel

  Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Payer Onboarding Overview 3

• ⇅ Welcome to the PIPE Onboarding for Payers Page!

  Updated: Friday, April 21, 2023

• ⇅ Payer PIPE Assessment and Readiness Confirmation

  Updated: Friday, April 21, 2023

• ⇅ PIPE Onboarding Work Plan for Payers

  Updated: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Payer Guides & Specifications 2

• ⇅ PIPE Enrollment Data File Field Specifications for Health Plan Member Verification

  Updated: Thursday, October 12, 2023 chirp health plan member verification match attach pipe data file field specifications

• ⇅ PIPE Data Submission Instructions for Health Plans

  Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Payer FAQs 6

• ⇅ The match and attach process was only done once a year. How often are you expecting this file to be sent?

  Updated: Monday, December 18, 2023

• ⇅ What enrollment span are you expecting for this list? (Historical and Incremental Files)

  Updated: Monday, December 18, 2023

• ⇅ What states should members be included from?

  Updated: Monday, December 18, 2023

• ⇅ FAQ: How can we submit enrollment changes if we do not have an efficient way to identify and manage enrollment changes month by month?

  Updated: Monday, December 18, 2023

• ⇅ FAQ: How do we submit retroactive changes that we identify after a monthly submission?

  Updated: Monday, December 18, 2023

Asthma 6

This category is for questions related to the Asthma clinical quality measures (Optimal Asthma Control and Asthma Education and Self-Management).

• ⇅ AIRQ Assessment Tool - Optimal Asthma Control: 12 month vs 3 month follow-up versions

  Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 asthma my2026 oac optimal asthma control pro assessment tools pro tools

• ⇅ Are the Asthma measures also a Health Care Home (HCH) measure?

  Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 asthma

• ⇅ Asthma risk: If the patient's record does not show any documentation about ER vistis or hospitalizations due to asthma, can I assume the answer is "0"/zero? 

  Updated: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 asthma

• ⇅ Can asthma control test scores be obtained outside of a face-to-face office visit be submitted? 

  Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 asthma asthma control test

• ⇅ Does the actual paper copy of the Asthma Management Plan need to be scanned into the EHR or can a template built within the EHR count? Or do we need both? 

  Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 asthma

General Measure Questions 4

This category is for questions related to MNCM clinical measures.

• ⇅ E-Cigarettes 

  Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 cessation e-cig e-cigarette electronic nicotine delivery systems ends smoke smoking tobacco

• ⇅ Risk Adjustment: How is the expected rate calculated? 

  Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 expected rate risk adjustment

• ⇅ When will the Value Sets be available for the next report year?

  Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023

• ⇅ Which Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) tools obtained outside of a face-to-face office visits can be submitted?

  Updated: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 adolescent adolescent mental health amh crc depression depression care measures ortho orthopedic pro tools spine spine surgery tkr

HEDIS Questions 5

This category is for questions related to HEDIS measures.

• ⇅ SS&C Health / Credo / ChartFast: Chart Review Vendor for DHS/MNCM Health Care Disparities Report

  Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2026 chart fast chart request chartfast credo health care disparities report hedis ss&c ss&c health

• ⇅ HEDIS Measure Specifications

  Updated: Thursday, May 4, 2023 hedis hedis measure specifications

• ⇅ HEDIS: Are there clinic level results?

  Thursday, May 4, 2023 clinic hedis

• ⇅ HEDIS: Patient Eligibility, Medical Group Attribution & Reportability Thresholds, and Hybrid Measure Sampling

  Updated: Monday, February 23, 2026 hedis reportable

• ⇅ HEDIS thresholds for public reporting

  Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 eligible hedis minimum patients public reporting reportable reporting threshold

Orthopedic Measures 5

This category is for questions related to the Total Knee Replacement, Spine Fusion: Disc-Laminotomy and Spine Surgery: Fusion clinical quality measures.

• ⇅ Spine Surgery PRO Tool: Visual Analog Pain Scale

  Updated: Friday, August 11, 2023

• ⇅ Bilateral Total Knee Replacement Guidance

  Updated: Tuesday, August 1, 2023

• ⇅ Orthopedic/Neurosurgery Measures | Updated 2025

  Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2025 disc lami fusion lumbar lumbar discectomy laminectomy lumbar fusion tkr total knee replacement

• ⇅ Total Knee Replacement PRO tools

  Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023

• ⇅ Spine Surgery PRO tools

  Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023 disc-lami fusion pro tools spine surgery

Oncology Measures 3

This category is for questions related to the oncology clinical quality measure suite.

• ⇅ Instructions for Obtaining PRO-CTCAE

  Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2022

• ⇅ Oncology Measures - Symptom Control During Chemotherapy | Updated 2025

  Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2025 cancer chemotherapy oncology symptom control during chemotherapy

• ⇅ PRO-CTCAE tool links archive

  Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2022 cancer scdc symptom symptom control during chemotherapy

Preliminary HEDIS Performance Results 1

• ⇅ Preliminary HEDIS Measure Review Updated

  Updated: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 hedis preliminary two week review

Final Clinical Quality Measure Results 2

• ⇅ Final Statewide Measure Results

  Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2026 cost hedis hedis measure measure results measures public reporting public reports quality report reports results tcoc utilization

• ⇅ MNCM Launches the Performance Hub

  Updated: Monday, April 20, 2026 cost hedis hedis measure measure results public reporting public reports quality report reports results utilization

CHIRP Program 4

• ⇅ PIPE Instructions for Medical Groups Participating in CHIRP

  Wednesday, April 3, 2024

• ⇅ CHIRP Provider to Payer Resources

  Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2024

• ⇅ CHIRP Provider Agreement Addendum

  Updated: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

• ⇅ CHIRP FAQ for Providers

  Updated: Monday, October 16, 2023