MINUTES
MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
JOINT MEETING
HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES POLICY AND OVERSIGHT
HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE DIVISION
Paul Thissen and Thomas E. Huntley, Chairs
Chair Thomas Huntley called to order an informal Joint Meeting of the Health Policy and Finance Committees at 9:10 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Room 10 of the State Office Building. This represented the sixty-sixth meeting of the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division; and the sixty-fifth meeting of the Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee. The clerk noted the roll:
Members Present:
Huntley, Thomas, Chair
Thissen, Paul, Chair
Fritz, Patti
Kiffmeyer, Mary
Laine, Carolyn
Liebling, Tina
Loeffler, Diane
Murphy, Erin
Peppin, Joyce
Scalze, Bev
Slawik, Nora
Torkelson, Paul
Members Excused
Abeler, Jim
Anzelc, Tom
Brod, Laura
Bunn, Julie
Dean, Matt
Emmer, Tom
Gardner, Paul
Gottwalt, Steve
Hayden, Jeff
Hosch, Larry
Kelly, Tim
Mack, Tara
Norton, Kim
Otremba, Mary Ellen
Peterson, Sandra
Ruud, Maria
Thao, Cy
Representative Terry Morrow and Senator Kathy Sheran were also present and participated in discussion.
Update on steps taken to address building deficiencies at the forensic nursing home in St. Peter:
Mike Tessneer, Chief Executive Officer, State Operated Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services
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Wayne Waslaski, Senior Director, Real Estate and Construction Services, Minnesota Department of Administration
Health Care Administration, Minnesota Department of Human Services:
Billie Jo Zielinski, Assistant Commissioner, Health Care
Pamela Parker, Manager, Special Needs Purchasing
Ann Berg, Federal Relations Division, Health Care Administration/Medicaid
Stephanie Radtke, Director, Health Care Eligibility and Access (HCEA)
Karen Gibson, Assistant Director
Troy Mangan, Manager, Minnesota Health Care Connect
Sherry Krueger, Manager, Human Services and Public Health; and Clifford Gibson, Supervisor, Document Retention System (Diamond), both Hennepin County
Dr. Jeff Schiff, Health Services and Medical Management (HSMM), Medicaid Office, Department of Human Services
At 12:21 p.m. Chair Huntley announced a brief recess until 12:50 p.m. and further announced the committees would move to Room 5 due to the faulty air conditioning in Room 10.
At 1:10 p.m. the meeting and testimony resumed:
Adriann Alexander, Director, Health Care Operations
Rachel Cell, Manager, Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Claim Edits
Scott Peterson, Manager, Systems and Technology, Health Care Operations
Tom Baden, Manager, Office of Enterprise Architecture
Kate Wulf, Director, Transition Support Systems
Stephanie Radtke, Health Care Eligibility and Access Division
Susan Castellano, Manager, Maternal and Child Health Assurance, PMQI
Rachel Cell, Manager, Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Claim Edits
Ron Nail, Manager, Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Activity and Medicaid
Integrity Program (MIP)
Stephanie Radtke, Fraud Prevention and Detection and Program Integrity
Steve Masson, Health Services and Medical Management
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Paul Olson, Manager, Department of Human Services regarding Medical Assistance Inpatient Hospital Payment Comparison August 2010; MA Inpatient Hospital System Summary August 2010; MA Inpatient Hospital Rate Calculation August 2010; MA Inpatient Hospital DPA/DSH Factors 2010; and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments August 2010
Julie Marquardt, Manager, Benefits Policy Unit, Health Services Medical Management, spoke regarding hearing aid contracts.
Danyell LeMire gave an overview of "Comparison of Minnesota Medicaid Program and Other State Medicaid Programs" (prepared by Danyell LeMire and Randall Chun of House Research); and Minnesota Health Care Spending Excluding Medicare and Long-Term Care Spending.
Chair Huntley introduced new staff person Anna Bellin, House Republican Caucus Research.
Discussion occurred throughout the testimony. The meeting adjourned at 4:11 p.m.
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Thomas E. Huntley, Chair
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Jan Horner, Committee Legislative Assistant