We want to hear from you!

This is an opportunity for you to confidentially voice your opinions. The results of these surveys will be used in planning future COLAs and Medical Assistance rate increases and job-related issues such as training.

Researchers from The Lewin Group have been hired to independently conduct this confidential survey. The Lewin Group, a health care and human services consulting firm, is under contract with the Division of Disability Services of the Minnesota Department of Human Services to identify improvements to the Medical Assistance (MA) State Plan Personal Care Assistance or PCA program. In addition, the Continuing Care Division has contracted with The Lewin Group to conduct a legislatively mandated study to assess the feasibility of a MA rate increase to long-term care employers to offset the cost of providing health insurance for employees. A critical component of the study is a brief survey regarding your agency’s health insurance plans.

To save time, you may find it helpful to gather your organization’s tax records and Human Resources files before you begin. If you have these documents in front of you, the survey can be completed in 20-30 minutes. If necessary, you may save your progress and return to the survey at a later time. The survey includes questions about
• your organization’s profit/loss and expenditures for 2008,
• your employees and the training they receive,
• wages and benefits, and
• your experiences with the Minnesota MA Personal Care Assistance program (if applicable).

You can be assured that any information you provide on the survey will be kept confidential. Only the researchers from The Lewin Group will have access to your responses, and they will be kept in a locked file. Completing the survey is voluntary, and you may decline if you want to.

Please have someone in your office that is knowledgeable about your services, operations, insurance coverage and personnel complete the survey.

If you have questions while completing the survey, please e-mail them to MinnesotaSurvey@lewin.com or call 703-269-5554. NOTE: The phone number has been corrected, we apologize for any inconvenience.

Please complete the survey by May 1, 2009, to be entered into a drawing for one of three $500 cash incentives!