PrimePartners - Vol. 13, Iss. 4 — December 2019
► County Corner
► Referrals for Care Coordination
► Health Concerns about E-Cigarettes
► Denture Coverage Guidelines: A Guide for County Case Managers
► Request for Guest Authors
► Thank You for a Great Year!
► Important Dates

PrimePartners - Vol. 13, Iss. 3 — October 2019
► Flu Prevention: Encourage Members to Get Vaccinated and Wash Their Hands
► Breast Cancer Awareness: Talk to Members about Mammograms
► Alcohol and Breast Cancer
► Recognizing Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Suicide
► Livanta: Minnesota’s New QIO
► Tell Us Your Topic Ideas!
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 13, Iss. 2 — August 2019
► Free Cultural Competency E-Learning Opportunity
► Stress Relief 
► Check out PrimeWest Health’s Other Newsletters
► Senior LinkAge Line® and Disability Hub MN
► Referring Members to the Restricted Recipient Program (RRP)
► Signs and Symptoms of Opioid Addiction
► Post-Surgery Pain Medication: Emergency Requests
► August Is National Immunization Awareness Month
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 13, Iss. 1 — June 2019
► PrimeWest Health’s New Women & Children’s Care Coordinator
► HPV Vaccination: Be Ready to Answer Some Common Questions
► Protection against Ticks and Mosquitoes
► Focus on Vision Health
► Dental Care for Older Adults: A Guide for County Case Managers
► Aphasia Awareness and PrimeWest Health Requirements
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 12, Iss. 4 — December 2018
► Thank You for a Great Year!
► Encourage Members to Get a Flu Vaccine
► Helping Elderly Members and Members with Disabilities Prepare for Disasters
► Tips to Help Members Stay on Their Feet
► Medication Reconciliation: Interventions and Outcomes
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 12, Iss. 3 — August 2018
► Medication Reconciliation during Transitions of Care
► Tips for Engaging Members
► Residential Services (RS) Tool: Non-Medical Transportation
► Skin Cancer: A Growing Problem in Minnesota
► Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Veterans: Resources to Help
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 12, Iss. 2 — April 2018
► Tips for Dealing with Stress
► Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services
► Dangers of Alcohol Use with Certain Medications
► Alcohol Use: Recognizing Problems
► Kratom: What Is It and Is It Safe?
► Crisis Text Line: Suicide Prevention Text Service
► Getting Care Outside of Normal Business Hours
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 12, Iss. 1 — January 2018
► Tobacco Cessation: Goodbye Quitline, Hello QUITPLAN®
► Elderly Waiver (EW) Respite Care
► Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Rate Changes Effective January 1, 2018
► Medication Reconciliation Update
► Updated Disability and Aging PolicyQuest
► Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Special Needs BasicCare (SNBC) Dental Access Improvement and Evaluation Project
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 11, Iss. 3 — November 2017
► Education Provided by PrimeWest Health
► Update: Training for Elderly Waiver (EW) Provider Signature Requirements
► Residential Services (RS) Tool: Dependency Descriptions for Socialization and Active Cognitive and Behavioral Support
► Changes to PrimeWest Health’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Formulary
► Helpful Pharmacy Information
► What Is Pharmacogenomics?
► Encourage Members to Get a Flu Shot!
► Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 11, Iss. 2 — August 2017
► Update on Provider Signature Requirement for Elderly Waiver (EW) Members
► Elderly Waiver (EW) Service Agreements vs. Service Authorizations
► Parkinson’s Disease and Mental Health
► Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Special Needs BasicCare (SNBC) Dental Access Improvement and Evaluation Project
► Summer 2017 Lunch and Learn Recap
► Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Managed Care Screening Document Changes
► Disability Linkage Line® Will Soon Become Disability Hub MN
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 11, Iss. 1 — May 2017
► PrimeWest Health Electronic Care Plan Questions and Answers
► Changes to PrimeWest Health's Medicaid Formulary
► Changes to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Process
► Spread the Word about Free Summer Health Camps!
► Head Lice Treatment
► PrimeWest Health Lunch & Learn: July 12
► Training Opportunity: Facilitating Family Conversations
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 9 — December 2016
► New Age Restrictions for Special Needs BasicCare (SNBC) and Prime Health Complete (HMO SNP) Effective January 1, 2017
► New Electronic Care Plan Training
► Redisclosing Mental Health and/or Chemical Dependency Treatment Program Information
► Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Special Needs BasicCare (SNBC) Dental Access Improvement and Evaluation Project
► Save a Life with Naloxone
► Thank You for a Great Year!
► 2017 Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 8 — October 2016
► Pharmacy Updates
► Senior LinkAge® Line Resources for Non-English-Speaking Seniors
► Caregiver Assessment
► Resetting Your Care Plan Password
► Care Plan Reminders
► November Is Movember
► Domestic Violence and How You Can Help
► Talking about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 7 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 7 — August 2016
► New to the PrimeWest Health Website: Minnesota Home Care Licensure FAQs
► My Move Plan Summary
► Providing Support to Members with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Caregivers
► Prostate Cancer Awareness
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 6 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 6 — July 2016
► Revised Minnesota Long-Term Care Consultation Assessment Form
► Archiving Member Care Plans
► Overview of the Changes in the Implementation of Spousal Impoverishment Protections
► Automation of Elderly Waiver (EW) Claims Payments
► Make Sure Older Members Know How to Handle the Heat
► Encourage Members to Get Their Vaccines
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 5 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 5 — June 2016
► Elderly Waiver (EW) Customized Living (CL) and Adult Foster Care Services Rate and Billing Code Changes
► New to Our Website: CCM FAQs and Refused/Unresponsive Outreach Letter
► Formulary Changes and Refill Reminder Calls
► New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
► Barrier Analysis in Care Plan Development
► Minnesota’s Air Quality
► Facts about Marijuana
► Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 4 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 4 — May 2016
► Best Practice Care Coordination Learning Day Is September 29
► Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Comprehensive Assessment Tool
► July 2016 Formulary Changes
► Talk with Members and Their Parents about Summer Camps
► Substance Abuse in Older Adults: Why It Often Goes Undetected
► Helping Members Cope with Anxiety Disorders
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 3 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 3 — April 2016
► Alcohol: Amounts and Effects
► Autism: Overview and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI)
► Child Abuse Prevention
► Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Gaps Analysis Study
► Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan
► Parkinson’s Disease
► Educational Webinars: Learn More about Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
► Zika Virus
► Email Subject Lines
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 2 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 2 — March 2016
► MnCHOICES Launch Postponed
► Medication and Needle Disposal Options
► Encourage Members to Get Screened for Colorectal Cancer
► Vision Health
► Eyeglasses: What’s Covered?
► Cultural Assessments: Why and How
► Tools for Person-Centered Thinking: Part 1 of 7
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 10, Iss. 1 — February 2016
► MedImpact Is New Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
► Dental Resources: Use Them to Your Advantage
► Antidepressant Medication Adherence
► Care Plan Updates
► Coming in 2016: Additional Resources for County Case Managers
► Residential Services (RS) Tool: Dwelling License/Registration
► Modifiers for Elderly Waiver (EW) Specialized Equipment and Supplies
► Family Memory Care (FMC) – Elderly Waiver
► Moving Home Minnesota (MHM) Service Code Changes
► Changes in County Case Management Staff
► Changes in Assigned County Case Manager
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 9, Iss. 11 — December 2015
► Thank You for Another Great Year!
► Accessing the eCare Plan
► Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Verification Process
► Non-Medical Transportation in Customized Living (CL)
► Hospice and Member Death Notification Reminders
► Live Well at Home
► What Is Complex Case Management?
► Vaccines Aren’t Just for Kids: Encourage Adults to Get Vaccinated
► Health Care/Advance Directives
► Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
► 2016 Managed Care Key Dates
► Models of Care: Part 4 of 4
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 9, Iss. 10 — November 2015
► MedImpact: New Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) Effective January 1, 2016
► MnCHOICES Launch Postponed
► Socialization in Customized Living (CL)
► Telephone Equipment Distribution (TED) Program
► Person-Centered Language
► American Diabetes Month: Learn about the Different Types of Diabetes
► Models of Care: Part 3 of 4
► Chapter 3
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 9, Iss. 9 — September & October 2015
► ICD-10 Implementation and Resources
► Documenting Late Assessments, Reassessments, and Care Plan Completion
► Supportive Services as Part of Customized Living (CL) Services
► Changes to Documentation Requirements for Wheelchair Features
► Disclosure of Information Related to Substance Abuse
► Million Hearts®
► Abuse of Non-Controlled Drugs
► Influenza and Pneumococcal Disease: Know the Difference and Learn about the Vaccines
► October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
► Models of Care: Part 2 of 4
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

PrimePartners - Vol. 9, Iss. 8 — August 2015
► Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC)
► HEDIS 2015 Results
► Prevention and Fast Track Intervention Strategies (FTIS) Protocol
► A Brief Overview of Person-Centered Planning
► Supporting Members on Chemotherapy
► Individual Assistance with Food Preparation and Congregate Meal Preparation in Customized Living (CL) Settings
► Model of Care: Part 1 of 4
► Important Dates
► Contact Information

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