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Clinic and Provider Registration (Resources) (7 articles)

2021 Measurement Year Planning Calendar for Data Submission
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
2021 Measurement Year Registration Instructions and Addendum
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Provider Registration Template
Updated: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Annual Clinic and Provider Registration Course and Webinar
Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021
2021 Measurement Year FTE Calculation tool
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Clinic and Provider Registration (FAQs) (10 articles)

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
Do Urgent Care Clinics need to register?
Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021

PIPE

PIPE Resources (11 articles)

PIPE Onboarding - Assessment and Readiness Confirmation Updated
Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
PIPE Implementation Plan Updated
Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
MNCM PIPE Data Scope and Security
Thursday, September 2, 2021
PIPE Data File Field Specifications
Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
PIPE Data Files
Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Technical, Submission & Validation Support

Direct Data Submission (DDS) Resources (20 articles)

Data Submission Planning Calendar new
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Data Submission Webinars Updated
Updated: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Adolescent Mental Health and/or Depression Screening Guides Updated
Updated: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Optimal Asthma Control, Asthma Education & Self-Management Guides Updated
Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guides
Updated: Friday, October 29, 2021

Technical Questions (9 articles)

Steps to clear out saved passwords Updated
Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 data portal password
How can I view my clinic's rates for a previous reporting period?
Monday, August 17, 2020 previous results technical dds portal
How can I view/download my clinic's data that was submitted for a previous reporting period?
Monday, August 17, 2020 previous results technical dds portal
Steps to whitelist MNCM in email system
Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2020 email log-in screen mncm portal outlook password request new password safe senders safe senders list spam/junk folders whitelist
What numbers do I enter for "Number of Eligible Patients (exclusions removed)" and "Number of Patients Submitting"?
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 data submission

Measure Questions

Adolescent Mental Health /Depression Screening (4 articles)

Should all patients be included in the Adolescent Mental Health denominator if they had an eligible telehealth visit?
Updated: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Adolescent Mental Health and/or Depression Screening: If a patient has multiple well-child visits during the measurement period, which should be submitted?
Updated: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Adolescent Mental Health and/or Depression Screening: Can mental health screening tool scores obtained outside of a face-to-face office visit be submitted?
Updated: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Adolescent Mental Health screening required exclusions time frame
Updated: Thursday, September 30, 2021

Asthma (10 articles)

2021 Measurement Year Asthma Adult and Child date ranges
Updated: Thursday, November 11, 2021
Are the Asthma measures also a Health Care Home (HCH) measure?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 asthma
Asthma PRO tool links
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 asthma optimal asthma control pro tools prom proms
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, July 7, 2020 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

Colorectal Cancer Screening (8 articles)

Are stool samples collected by a digital rectal exam (DRE) allowed to be used for the gFOBT and FIT tests?
Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 colorectal cancer screening crc stb stool blood test
Are Certified Nurse Midwives included as eligible providers for the Colorectal Cancer measure?
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 colorectal cancer screening crc
Can I submit a Cologuard screening?
Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 colorectal cancer screening crc
Can you clarify what "date of order" means for Stool Blood Tests?
Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 colorectal cancer screening crc stb stool blood test
Colorectal Cancer Exclusion for SNP or POS
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 cms colorectal cancer screening crc exclusion pos qpp snp special needs

Depression (20 articles)

Depression patient ID Template
Thursday, February 18, 2021 depression care emr change id change patient id
Why were telehealth codes not added to value set for the Depression Care measure?
Updated: Monday, November 16, 2020 depression care measures phq9 telehealth telemedicine
Depression Care in Minnesota
Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2020 depression report
Can PHQ-9 scores obtained outside of a face-to-face office visit be submitted?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 depression
Can the PHQ-2 be used for the MNCM Depression measure? What is the difference between the PHQ-2 and the PHQ-9?
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 depression depression care measures

Diabetes & Vascular (12 articles)

Acceptable Blood Pressure Readings for Quality Measures
Updated: Monday, January 18, 2021 blood pressure diabetes remote telehealth vascular virtual
Medication exception value set
Friday, November 13, 2020 diabetes exception medication value set update vascular
Blood pressures taken in an outpatient setting
Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2020 blood pressure diabetes infusion center vascular
Diabetes measure: Is an A1c result from a home test kit acceptable for reporting?
Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 a1c diabetes hba1c home test lab
Diabetes measure: Should a patient who has Gestational Diabetes be included in the data submission?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 diabetes

General Measure Question (6 articles)

Adolescent Mental Health and Colorectal Cancer Screening: If a patient refuses screening, does the patient come out of the denominator?
Updated: Friday, July 10, 2020 adolescent mental health amh colorectal cancer screening crc
DDS thresholds for Public Reporting
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 dds eligible minimum patients public reporting quality report reporting threshold
E-Cigarettes
Updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 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: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 adolescent mental health all measures amh asthma colorectal cancer screening crc depression diabetes disc-lami fusion odc ortho ovc spine surgery tkr total knee replacement value sets vascular

HEDIS Questions (2 articles)

Controlling High Blood Pressure HEDIS Results
Friday, February 12, 2021 chbp controlling high blood pressure hedis
HEDIS thresholds for public reporting
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 eligible hedis minimum patients public reporting reportable reporting threshold

Insurance and RELC supplemental data (8 articles)

COVID HRSA Insurance
Updated: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 covid covid hrsa mhcp
How to handle insurance for patients with two primary insurers
Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 commercial dual insurance medicaid medicare primary
How do I properly code Sage insurance?
Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 insurance
How to properly code Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) insurance product.
Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 insurance
What is the difference between the 97 and 98 codes for "choose not to disclose" and "unknown"?
Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 2020 2020 reporting country of origin ethnicity preferred language race rel relc

Orthopedic Measures (4 articles)

Orthopedic/Neurosurgery Measures | September 2021 Update
Updated: Monday, September 13, 2021
Since public reporting for the orthopedic measures has been temporarily suspended, should we stop assessing our patients?
Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 2020 2020 reporting discectomy disc-lami fusion laminotomy lumbar ortho orthopedic pro tools spine surgery tkr total knee replacement
Historical articles about the redesign of Orthopedic/Neurosurgery Measures
Updated: Monday, September 13, 2021
Spine Surgery PRO tools
Updated: Friday, November 6, 2020 disc-lami fusion pro tools spine surgery

Oncology Measures (1 articles)

Oncology Measures | September 2021 Update
Updated: Thursday, October 28, 2021 cancer

Special Projects

MNCM Webinar Series (5 articles)

A New Approach for Data Sharing Among Health Care Payers and Providers
Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2021 chirp
A New Approach to Measurement: Introduction to PIPE Recorded Presentation and Slide Deck
Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2021
Preparing to Onboard to PIPE: A Detailed Look at the Process and Requirements Recorded Webinar and Slide Deck
Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2021
Health Care Cost and Utilization in Minnesota: A Review of Results from 2019 Recorded Presentation and Slide Deck
Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2021 cost
Expanding the Care Team to Improve Outcomes: Minnesota Evaluation Project Highlights Impact of Pharmacy-Based Interventions Recorded Presentation and Slide Deck
Updated: Thursday, July 29, 2021

Minnesota Care Coordination Effectiveness Study (MNCARES) (4 articles)

MNCARES Information Page for Clinics
Updated: Thursday, September 2, 2021
MNCARES Recorded Instructional Video
Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Defining Care Coordination via Standard Codes
Updated: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 mncares
Welcome to MNCARES Webinar
Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Updates and Measure Changes

COVID-19 Response (1 articles)

What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for health care measurement and reporting?
Updated: Monday, April 13, 2020 blood pressure coronavirus covid covid-19 home monitored blood pressure telemedicine virtual health virtual medicine virtual visit

Clinical Measure Changes (2 articles)

Slate of MNCM Measures
Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2021
2021 MY: Preliminary and final measure specifications and value sets
Updated: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 final preliminary specifications update value sets

Survey Questions

HIT Survey Questions (1 articles)

HIT Survey administered every other year
Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 2020 health information technology hit mdh survey

Security

Security Policies (1 articles)

Security Policies
Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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