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Agendas, meeting summaries, planning documents and other reference materials for the Board of Directors, Advisory Task Force and Work Groups.

• Board of Directors

  Meeting Agenda
  May 17, 2013

  Planning Documents
  MNsure Overview (5/17/13)
  Draft Chair and Vice Chair Position Descriptions (5/16/13)
  Draft MNsure Board Meeting Schedule (5/15/13)
  Requirements for Official Transfer of Authority to MNsure (5/13)
  

• Advisory Task Force
  Meeting Agenda 

  2013: January 11

  2012: January 10 / January 17 / January 18 / February 24 / March 30 / April 20 / May 18 / July 26 / August 29 / September 27 / October 1 / October 10 / October 24 / November 20 / December 11  

  2011: November 8 / November 17 / December 7 / December 21 

  
  

  Meeting Summary  

  2012: January 10 / January 17 / January 18 / February 24 / March 30 / April 20 / May 18 / July 26 / September 27 / October 24 / November 20 / December 11 

  2011: November 8 / November 17 / December 7 / December 21
   
  

  
  

  Planning Documents 

  12/11/12  Navigator and Agents/Brokers Work Group Recommendations - Compensation

  12/11/12  Outreach, Communications and Marketing Work Group Report / Outreach Environmental Scan

  11/20/12  Small Employers and Employees Work Group Report

  11/20/12  Dental Certification Recommendations

  10/24/12  Risk Adjustment Recommendations

  10/24/12  Recommendations on Definitions & Service Levels for Consumer Assistance/Navigator Program

  10/24/12  Finance Summary Report / Funding Options Table / Budget-Revenue Estimate Tables

  10/01/12  Grant Budgets

  09/27/12  Qualified Health Plan and Issuer Standards: Presentation / Recommendations

  09/27/12  Technology Solution Vision Statement and Guiding Principles

  08/29/12  Maximus Contract Timeline

  01/18/12  Recommendations Adopted by the Task Force

  01/18/12  Technical Work Group Recommendations

  01/18/12  Health Disparities Recommendations

  01/18/12  Addressing Health Disparities

  01/10/12  Work Group Recommendations for Discussion

  11/08/11  Work Group Descriptions

  
  

  Presentations

  01/11/13  Updated Gruber/Gorman Analysis of ACA and Exchange Impact on Minnesota
  12/11/12  Communications and Social Media Planning

  12/11/12  Overview of Recently Published Proposed Federal Rules

  12/11/12  Comparison of State/Federal Exchange Provisions and Operating Budgets/Financing

  10/10/12  Exchange Progress and Blueprint Certification

  10/01/12  Blueprint Certification Application

  09/27/12  Tribal Provisions/Consultation Activities: Considerations for American Indians / Q & A / AI Definitions

  08/29/12  Race, Ethnicity, Language Data Partnership  

  07/26/12  Public Education and Outreach Market Research  

  07/26/12  Summary of Recent Exchange Regulations  

  05/18/12  Update on Exchange Activities  

  04/20/12  Gruber-Gorman: ACA Analysis Update  

  03/30/12  HHS Final Rules Overview  

  02/24/12  Enroll UX 2014 User Experience  

  01/10/12  Governance Work Group  

  12/21/11  Finance Work Group  

  12/21/11  Governance Work Group  

  12/21/11  Navigator and Agents/Brokers Work Group  

  12/07/11  Adverse Selecton Work Group  

  01/17/11  Gruber-Gorman: Impacts of Insurance Market Reforms in Minnesota  

  11/08/11  Health Insurance Exchange Overview 

  
  

  
  
• Adverse Selection and Encouraging Market Competition/Value Work Group
  Meeting Agenda  

  November 8, 2012  / September 19, 2012 / August 21, 2012 / August 16, 2012 / June 14, 2012 / May 10, 2012 / February 22, 2012 / February 2, 2012 / November 30, 2011 

  
  

  Meeting Summary  

  June 14, 2012 / February 22, 2012 / February 2, 2012 / December 2-November 30, 2011 

  
  

  Planning Documents 

  Dental Certification Recommendations  (11/8/12)

  Proposed Recommendations on QHP Certification Standards  (9/19/12)

  Discussion Topics Guide  (6/14/12)

  Work Group Overview  (11/30/11)

  
  

  Report to the Advisory Task Force  

  August 29, 2012 / July 26, 2012 / May 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012 

  
  

  Topical Reference Material  

  HHS: Risk Adjustment Model  (5/10/12)

  HHS: Risk Adjustment Bulletin  (5/10/12)

  CMS Reinsurance RFI  (2/22/12)

  MN Statutes: Health Plan Contract & Stop Loss  (2/22/12)
• Finance Work Group
  Meeting Agenda    

  September 5, 2012 / August 22, 2012 / February 8, 2012 / December 14, 2011 / November 30, 2011  

  
  

  Meeting Summary   

  September 5, 2012 / August 22, 2012 / February 8, 2012 / December 14, 2011 / December 9, 2011 / November 30, 2011  

  
  

  Planning Documents  

  Funding Options Worksheet  (9/5/12)

  Wakely Model Table Summary  (8/22/12)  

  Summary of Minnesota Health Care Revenues  (8/22/12)

  Presentation of Wakely Budget Model  (8/9/12)

  Funding Principles  (12/4/11)

  Groups Impacted by the Exchange  (12/14/11)

  Financing Options Matrix  (12/9/11)

  Beneficiary Considerations for Financing Sources  (11/30/11) 

  Minnesota Health Care Revenue Sources  (11/20/11)

  Work Group Overview  (11/30/11)

  Exchange Financing Presentation  (11/30/11)

  
  

  Report to the Advisory Task Force  

  October 24, 2012 / March 30, 2012 / December 21, 2011 

  
  

  Topical Reference Material  

  BCBS: Health Care Costs and Smoking  (9/5/12)

  2011-12 Fiscal Note for Senate File 1872  (8/9/12)

  
  
• Governance Work Group
  Planning Documents  

  Pros/Cons of Governance Options  (12/18/11)

  Sustainability of Options  (12/19/11)

  Mission/Vision to Guide Governance   (12/19/11)

  Governance Options Matrix  (12/16/11)

  
  

  Report to the Advisory Task Force  

  March 30, 2012 / January 10, 2012 / December 21, 2011 

  
  

  Topical Reference Material  

  Federal Regulations: Single State Agency  (1/6/12)

  
  
• Individual Eligibility
  Meeting Agenda

  June 6, 2012 / April 26, 2012  

  
  

  Planning Documents

  Draft Timeline  (4/26/12)

   

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  May 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012  

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  Minnesota Sessions Law – Article 9  (4/26/12)

  Creating Seamless Coverage Transitions Between Medicaid and the Exchange   (4/26/12)

  Building a Relationship Between Medicaid, the Exchange and the Individual Insurance Market   (4/26/12)

  CMS: Medicaid Eligibility Final Rule Summary  (4/26/12)

  
  
• Measurement and Reporting
  Meeting Agenda
  

  April 29, 2013 / April 10, 2013 / March 18, 2013 / February 25, 2013 / February 4, 2013 / January 14, 2013 / December 10, 2012 / November 5, 2012 / August 13, 2012 / May 14, 2012 / June 11, 2012 / April 16, 2012 / March 8, 2012

  
  

  Meeting Summary

  June 11, 2012 / May 14, 2012  / April 16, 2012 / March 8, 2012  

  
  

  Planning Documents
  Consumers' Checkbook: Medicaid Quality Rating System memo (5/10/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Enrollee Satisfaction Survey System: Options and Considerations (4/26/13)
  QRS Measurement over Time (4/8/13)
  Comment Summary of Quality Rating System Topics to Date (4/5/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Implementation Options for the Quality Rating System (4/5/13)
  Timeline and Overview of MN Quality Rating System (3/15/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Composite Method Illustration (3/15/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Sub-composite to Composite (3/15/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Composite memo (3/15/13)
  Proposed Structure for the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange’s Quality Rating System (3/15/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Data Availability for Proposed Quality Rating System Measures Memo (2/22/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Considerations Related to Sample Sizes and Potential for Small Numbers Issues Memo (2/22/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Straw Model Memo (2/4/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: QRS Gaps Memo (2/4/13)
  Proposed Structure for Quality Rating System (2/4/13)
  

  Proposed Measures for Inclusion to QRS (2/4/13)
  Consumers' Checkbook: Memo on Options for Quality Reporting (1/14/13)
  Health Plan Quality Inventory Methodology (12/10/12)

  Inventory of Health Plan Quality Measures (12/10/12)

  Proposed Criteria for Measure Selection  (11/5/12)

  Guiding Principals  (6/11/12)  

  Consumers Union: How Consumers Shop for Insurance / Supplement 1 / Supplement 2  (5/14/12)

  Dimensions of Insurer Quality Measurement  (4/16/12)

  Opportunities for Reporting on Quality  (4/16/12)

  Work Group Overview  (3/8/12)

  
  

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  May 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012  

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  NCQA: Recommendations for Health Insurance Exchange Quality Measure Requirements

  Ledia Tabor, NCQA: HEDIS/CAHPS 101  (8/13/12)

  PBGH: Consumer Choice of Plan Research  (6/11/12)

  Consumers Union: Creating a Usable Measure of Actuarial Value  (5/14/12)

  Consumers Union: Consumer's Difficulties Selecting Health Plans  (5/14/12)

  
  
• Navigators and Agents-Brokers
  Meeting Agenda

  November 28, 2012 / October 17, 2012 / September 19, 2012 / September 5, 2012 / August 22, 2012 / May 30, 2012 / April 11, 2012 / December 14, 2011 / December 9, 2011 / December 2, 2011  

  
  

  Planning Documents

  In-Person Assister Program Definition (10/17/12)

  Draft Assister Training Requirements  (10/17/12)

  Multi-State Landscape Review on Navigators/Assisters  (9/19/12)

  Draft Service Level Recommendations  (9/5/12)
  Guiding Principles  

  Work Group Timeline  (8/22/12)

  Proposed Work Plan   (4/11/12)

  Work Group Overview  (12/2/11)

  
  

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  May 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012 / December 21, 2011  

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  Federal Guidance on In-Person Assistance Program  (9/19/12)

  Insurance Provider Licensing in Minnesota presentation  (9/5/12)

  HHS: Final Rules Overview (4/11/12)

  MDH: 2011 Health Access Survey Early Results  (4/11/12)

  MDH: Analysis of 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey  (12/14/12)

  MDH: Health Insurance Coverage, 2009 Report  (12/14/12)

  SHADAC: Health Insurance Coverage Estimates  (12/614/12)

  HHS: Sampling of Navigator Provisions  (12/2/11)

  
  
• Outreach, Communications and Marketing
  Meeting Agenda

  April 26, 2013 / March 8, 2013 / October 16, 2012 / September 11, 2012 / July 10, 2012 / June 5, 2012 / May 4, 2012 / April 10, 2012 / March 7, 2012

  
  

  Meeting Summary

  October 16, 2012 / September 11, 2012 / July 10, 2012 / June 5, 2012 / May 4, 2012 / April 10, 2012 / March 7, 2012  

  
  

  Planning Documents

  BBDO Proximity Minneapolis Contract Exhibit A (04/2013)
  BBDO: Measurement Metrics (04/2013)
  Draft Key Messages (04/2013)
  Outreach Community Event Preliminary Calendar Summer & Fall 2013 (04/2013)
  Outreach Community Event Preliminary Summer 2013 County Fairs List (04/2013)
  Draft Performance Measures (4/26/2013)
  Salter Mitchell: SHOP Broker Research Report (2/13/2013)
  Updated Work Plan (2/2012)
  Haberman: Brand Identity Recommendation (1/31/2013)
  Draft Outreach Channels  (10/16/12)

  Draft Guiding Principles  (9/11/12)

  Draft Audience Profiles  (9/11/12)

  Audience Research List  (7/0/12)

  Preliminary Market Research Findings presentation (7/10/12)

  Salter Mitchell: Intro to Market Research Project  (5/4/12)

  Work Plan  (6/5/12)  

  Market Research Background   (5/4/12)

  Work Group Overview  (3/7/12)

  2012 Marketing Plan  (3/7/12)

  Exchange-Outreach presentation  (3/7/12)

  
  

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  May 18, 2012 / April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012 

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  Enroll UX Project Project  (7/10/12)

  State Health Reform Network: Findings from Research with Lower-Income Adults in Three States  (7/10/12)

  Enroll America: Public Education Resources  (7/10/12)

  Massachusetts Health Connector: Public Education & Outreach Campaign  (6/5/12)

  Consumers Union: Consumer's Difficulties Selecting Health Plans  (6/5/12)

  RWJF: Implementing a Successful Public Education & Marketing Campaign to Promote State Health Insurance Exchanges  (5/4/12)

  RWJF: Effective Education, Outreach and Enrollment Approaches for Populations Newly Eligible for Health Coverage  (5/4/12)

  MDH: 2011 Health Access Survey Early Results  (4/10/12)

  MDH: Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota  (4/10/12)

  
  
• Plan Certification
  Meeting Agenda

  October 23, 2012 / September 5, 2012 / August 22, 2012 / August 15, 2012 / August 2, 2012 / July 10, 2012 / June 27, 2012 / June 19, 2012 / May 30, 2012  

  
  

  Meeting Summary 

  July 10, 2012 / May 30, 2012 

  
  

  Planning Documents

  Preliminary Recommendations for Qualified Dental Plans  (10/23/12)

  Dental State Laws and Rules Related to QHP Certification  (9/5/12)

  Accreditation Standards  (8/15/12)

  Addressing Churn Between Public and Private Coverage  (8/15/12)

  QHP Certification Criteria and Coverage Enrollment/Termination Requirements  (8/2/12)

  Streamlining the QHP Shopping Experience  (8/2/12)

  Proposed Addendum for Indian Health Care Providers  (7/10/12)

  Service Area Requirements  (7/10/12)

  Background Paper on Network Adequacy & Essential Community Providers  (6/27/12)

  State Laws/Rules for QHP Certification  (6/19/12)

  Work Group Overview  (5/30/12)

   

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  March 30, 2012  

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  HHS: Exchange Final Rules, parts 155, 156, 157  (9/5/12)

  National Association of Dental Plans/Delta Dental Plans Association: background paper  (8/22/12)

  Milliman Healthcare Reform: briefing paper  (8/22/12)

  Background on CMS Provisions for American Indians and Alaska Natives  (8/2/12)

  Health Insurance Exchanges and American Indians  (8/2/12)

  Consumers Union: How Consumers Shop for Insurance  (8/2/12)

  PBGH: Consumer Choice of Plan Research  (8/2/12)

  Summary of HMO Network Adequacy Statutes and Rules  (7/10/12)

  MDH: Service Areas for HMOs  (7/10/12)

  George Washington University: Multi-State Plans Under ACA brief  (7/10/12)

  Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Structure an Insurance Exchange to Minimize Adverse Selection  (6/27/12)

  National Academy of Social Insurance: Designing an Exchange  (6/27/12)

  Manatt: Summary of Exchange Final Rules  (3/21/12)

  
  
• Small Employers and Employees
  Meeting Agenda

  October 23, 2012 / September 24, 2012 / September 5, 2012 / August 22, 2012  / June 6, 2012 / May 9, 2012 / April 18, 2012 / March 21, 2012 / March 7, 2012  

  
  

  Meeting Summary 

  May 9, 2012 / April 18, 2012 

  
  

  Planning Documents

  Draft Work Group Report (10/23/12)

  MDH: State & National Data for Planning SHOP (10/23/12)

  Public Comments on proposed Tax Savings and Tax Credits for Small Employers Recommendations (9/24/12)

  Tax Savings Recommendation draft (8/22/12)

  Making SHOP an Attractive Option for Small Employers (6/6/12)  

  SHOP Final Regulations (4/18/12) 

  Gruber/Gorman Analysis: Small Group Discussion  (4/18/12)

  Health Benefit Act: Small Group (3/21/12)  

  Work Group Overview  (3/7/12)

  Workplan  (3/7/12)

  
  

  Reports to the Advisory Task Force

  April 20, 2012 / March 30, 2012 

  
  

  Topical Reference Materials

  Amy Monahan and Daniel Schwarcz: Saving Small Employer Health Insurance (10/23/12)

  Employee Benefit Research Institute: Defined Contribution Health Benefits / Defined Contribution Health Plans (9/24/12) 

  Mark A. Hall: Employer's Use of Health Insurance Exchanges: Lessons from Massachusetts (9/24/12)

  California Healthline: Large Firms Announce Significant Changes to Health Care Benefits  (9/24/12)

  Chicago Sun-Times: Sears to Overhaul Health Insurance Benefits (9/24/12)

  Consumers Union: Consumer's Difficulties Selecting Health Plans (5/9/12)

  PBGH: Consumer Engagement Through Effective Decision-Support Tools (5/9/12)

  Premium Calculator Language (5/9/12)

  MDH: Small Group Market Overview (3/21/12)

  Setting Up State Health Care Exchanges for Small Businesses (3/7/12)

  Small Employer (SHOP) Exchange Issues (3/7/12)

  Analysis of Maryland SHOP-Related Policy Issues (3/7/12)

  Operating and Administering Health Insurance Exchanges (3/7/12) 

  HHS: Establishment of Exchanges (3/7/12)

  IRS: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit (3/7/12)

  
  
• Tribal Consultation
  Meeting Agendas and Summaries 

  Tribal Consultation Policy 

  Tribal Resolutions