The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) held a virtual meeting March 5, 2025, to share updates on the Community F...

During the MHCA Annual Meeting, many great questions were asked during sessions that needed follow-up attention. One of th...

The 2022 Regular Legislative Session concluded without passage of most major Omnibus bills, including the Health and Human...

We are now just about a quarter of the way through the MN 2022 Legislative Session. The Legislature must complete their wo...

The state's new minimum wage poster is  available to print or order on DLI's website .  Minnesota's minimu...

MA Payment Reform, Telehealth Included Minnesota Health and Human Services legislative leaders have been working fo...

With the changes to the mask mandate and vaccination rates going up, we have received a few questions that we feel would b...

Vaccinating Hospice Patients Last week, a group of Minnesota hospice providers had a discussion on vaccinating patie...

Legislation Passed During the Minnesota 2020 First Special Session: The Minnesota Legislature’s first Special Se...

View more information and review the Request for Application from the Office of Higher Education. Resource...

A new temporary maltreatment compensation fund has been established as part of the Comprehensive Home Care Law, effective...

Tuberculosis training requirement in home care . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expectin...

MHCA Government Relations Counsel, Kevin Goodno, gave a detailed legislative update at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday. Th...

MHCA has been advocating on behalf of PCA providers who have been challenged by the significant delays in getting UMPI num...

Most Minnesota employers want to comply with the law and correctly pay their employees for the work they perform. When an...

MDH Commissioner Malcolm invited a variety of people from the industry to participate in informal discussions around how t...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced that it will add Alzheimer’s disease as a new qualifying conditio...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, all personal care assistance (PCA) and home care nursing (HCN) services for people under age 65 wi...

As was mentioned in an email alert early last week, the long-awaited combined Medicare Home Health Agency Combined Bill of...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) requests proposals for the Minnesota Health Information Exchange (HIE) Grant Prog...

Comprehensive and Medicare certified agencies are encouraged to update policies regarding requests for discontinuation of...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has published the Request for Proposals (RFP) soliciting applicants for t...

The 2018 Legislative Session has come to a close. Below you will find a high level summary of the status of key items of i...

Electronic Visit Verification The federal government has required that every state have an Electronic Visit Verific...

Capitol Happenings All three MHCA priority issues have seen movement at the Capitol. The bill which would set a new...

By Jeanette Mefford, MPH, BSN Individual Community Living Supports is a waiver service for persons covered by the Eld...

Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Jan Malcolm to lead the state Health Department. Malcolm previously led the department...

Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Edward Ehlinger, M.D. resigned Tuesday. The move comes after a five-part Star...

This Is Medicaid is a coalition of nonprofit organizations from across Minnesota working to protect Medicaid from harmful...

Q: Should providers that provide services to MHCP members enroll all of their locations? A: MDH started requiring enr...

In case you missed the piece of legislation passed in 2016, MHCA is providing you with information that is applicable to h...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC), is soliciting grant proposals f...

DHS recently announced changes to Medical Assistance (MA) payment rates. These changes result from statutory changes made...

DHS will hold several public meetings related to developing requirements and standards for electronic service delivery doc...

In response to growing concerns from our members, MHCA recently held a meeting with DHS regarding the July 1 Medicaid face...