Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4764 - HEALTH CARE HOMES
Part 4764.0010 - APPLICABILITY AND PURPOSE
Universal Citation: MN Rules 4764.0010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Applicability.
This chapter applies to an eligible provider seeking health care home certification or a certified health care home.
Subp. 2. Purpose.
This chapter establishes the foundational level standards and procedures for certification of health care homes. This chapter also establishes the level 2 and level 3 standards and procedures for certifying health care homes that meet requirements for advanced primary care functions beyond the foundational level.
A. The
purpose of the foundational level standards is to require health care homes to
deliver services that:
(1) facilitate
consistent and ongoing communication among the health care home and the patient
and family, and provide the patient with continuous access to the patients
health care home;
(2) use an
electronic, searchable patient registry that enables the health care home to
manage health care services, provide appropriate follow-up, and identify gaps
in patient care;
(3) include care
coordination that focuses on patient and family-centered care;
(4) include care plan strategies for patients
and involve the patient and, if appropriate, the patients family in the care
planning process; and
(5) reflect
continuous improvement in the quality of the patients experience, the patients
health outcomes, and the cost-effectiveness of services.
B. The purpose of the level 2 standard is to
establish requirements for certified health care homes that choose to achieve
certification for performance beyond the foundational level standards. Level 2
standards recognize a health care homes increasing capacity to:
(1) improve population health management
processes that affect whole person care including health equity;
(2) improve wellness and early prevention;
and
(3) strengthen partnerships
across the medical provider network and community support system.
C. The purpose of the level 3
standard is to establish requirements for certified health care homes that
choose to achieve certification for performance beyond the foundational and
level 2 standards. Level 3 standards recognize a health care homes increasing
capacity to:
(1) broaden the focus of a health
care home to include community efforts toward population health improvement
including health equity; and
(2)
develop shared responsibility for population health improvement including use
of health data.
Statutory Authority: MS s 256B.0751; 256B.0752; 256B.0753
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