Minnesota Administrative Rules

4764.0010 APPLICABILITY AND PURPOSE.

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 patient's 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 patient's family in the care planning process; and

(5)

reflect continuous improvement in the quality of the patient's experience, the patient's 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 home's 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 home's 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 62U.03; 256B.0751; 256B.0752; 256B.0753

History:

34 SR 591; 47 SR 338

Published Electronically:

November 17, 2023