HEALTH DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Action and Collaboration Plans at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. Department of Health.
	Title:	Action and collaboration plans.
	Dates:	1994-2009.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Action, 1994-2000, and collaboration, 1995, 1997, 1999-2009, plans. Also letters from individual companies, 1994-1998, 2000, indicating that they have "no policies, procedures, practices, or requirements, either written or unwritten, or formal or informal, and have undertaken no activities or plans on issues required to be addressed in the action plan." The latter are mainly insurance companies.
	Quantity:	4.6 cubic feet (5 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

In 1994, the Minnesota Legislature passed the MinnesotaCare Act [Laws 1994 c625]. Part of that act required that, beginning on July 1, 1994, as a condition of doing business in Minnesota and to increase public awareness and accountability of health plan companies, all such companies must file an annual action plan [Art 2 sec 16 (Minn. Stat. 62Q.07)]. The action plan describes the practices and procedures of the company and how those procedures impact the health of the whole community. Beginning on July 1, 1995, each company also was required to file a collaboration plan along with its action plan [Art 7 sec 1 (Minn. Stat. 62Q.075)]. The collaboration plan describes the actions the company intends to take to achieve public health goals for its service areas. The plans are developed in collaboration with the local public health units, appropriate regional coordinating boards, and other community organizations providing health services in the same service area as the health plan company. Many small companies are represented in the files along with the larger well-known managed care organizations.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Health. Action and Collaboration Plans. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2003-37; 2004-30; 2005-5; 2007-29; 2009-21; 2012-3

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001738066

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
112.D.14.8F	Action Plans, 1994. 11 folders.
		Alphabetically arranged by company: Araz Group, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Plus, Cass-Todd-Wadena-Morrison Community Health Services, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Connecticut General Life Insurance, Delta Dental, EBPLife Insurance, Employers Health Insurance, EPIC Life Insurance, First Plan HMO, General American Life Insurance, Golden Rule Insurance, Great West Life and Annuity Insurance, Group Health, Guardian Life Insurance, Home Life Financial Assurance, Health Partners, John Alden Life Insurance, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, MedCenters Health Plan, MetLife, Metropolitan Health Plan, MidAmerica Mutual Life Insurance, Midwest Security Life Insurance, Mutual of Omaha Insurance, New England Employee Benefits Group, New Pioneer Health Plan, New York Life Insurance, Northern Plains Health Plan, NWNL Health Network, Pacific Mutual and PM Group Life Insurance, Physicians Insurance, Pioneer Life Insurance of Illinois, Preferred One, Principal Mutual Life Insurance, State Mutual Life Assurance, The Travelers Insurance, Trustmark Insurance, UCare Minnesota, United Wisconsin Insurance.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies or procedures, 1994. 6 folders.


		Action Plan Comments by Hennepin County, 1994.


	Action Plans, 1995.
		Alphabetically arranged by company.
		A-G. 2 folders.
			Blue Plus, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Dakota Community Health Plan, Employers Health Insurance, EPIC Life Insurance, First Plan HMO, General American Life Insurance, Golden Rule Insurance, Group Health.
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112.D.14.9B		H-Z. 5 folders.
			Health Partners, Home Life Financial Assurance, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, Midwest Security Life Insurance, Mutual of Omaha, New Pioneer Health Plan, New York Life Insurance, Northern Plains Health Plan, NWNL Health Network, Physicians Insurance, Pioneer Life Insurance of Illinois, Preferred One Community Health Plan, Principal Mutual Life Insurance, State Mutual Life Assurance of America, Trustmark Insurance, UCare Minnesota, United Wisconsin Insurance, United World Life Insurance.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies or procedures, 1995. 3 folders.


		Action Plan Reviews by local public health system, 1995.


		Collaboration Plan information sheet, 1995.


		Collaboration Plans, 1995. 2 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: Blue Plus, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Dakota Community Health Plan, First Plan HMO, Group Health, Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, New Pioneer Health Plan, Northern Plains Health Plan, NWNL Health Network, UCare Minnesota.


		Collaboration Plan Review by community health boards, 1995.


		Action Plans, 1996. 6 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: American Medical Security, Anthem Health and Life Insurance, Blue Plus, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Dakota Community Health Plan, Employers Health Insurance, EPIC Life Insurance, First Allmerica, Financial Life Insurance, First Plan of Minnesota, Golden Rule Insurance, Group Health, Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, MinnesotaCare, New Pioneer Health Plan, Northern Plains Health Plan, New York Life Insurance, Preferred One Community Health Plan, Principal Mutual Life Insurance, Private Healthcare Systems, United Wisconsin Insurance, UCare Minnesota.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies or procedures, 1996.


	Action Plans, 1997.
		Alphabetically arranged by company.
		A-G. 2 folders.
			Altru Health Plan, Blue Plus, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Dakota Community Health Plan, Epic Life Insurance, First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance, First Plan, General American Life Insurance, Group Health.
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112.D.14.10F		H-Z. 5 folders.
			Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, New Pioneer Health Plan, New York Life Insurance, PCS Health Systems, Phoenix Preferred Medical PPO, Physicians Mutual Insurance, Preferred One, Principal Mutual Life Insurance, Private Healthcare Systems, UCare Minnesota, Unicare Life and Health Insurance.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies, or procedures, 1997.


		Collaboration Plans, 1997. 4 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: Allina Health Plan, Altru Health Plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, Dakota Community Health Plan, First Plan of Minnesota, Group Health, Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Metropolitan Health Plan, New Pioneer Health Plan, PreferredOne Community Health Plan, UCare Minnesota.


		Action Plans, 1998. 10 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: Altru Health Plan, Blue Plus, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Cigna, Central Minnesota Group Health Plan, First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance, First Plan of Minnesota, General America, Golden Rule Insurance, Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, New York Life Insurance, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, Phoenix America Life and Home Life Mutual, Preferred One Community Health Plan, Trustmark Insurance, UCare Minnesota, United Wisconsin Insurance.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies or procedures, 1998.


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111.D.5.4F	Action Plans, 1999. 12 folders.
		Alphabetically arranged by company: Altru Health Plan of Minnesota, Blue Plus, First Plan of Minnesota, Group Health Plan Inc./Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne Community Health Plan, Sioux Valley Health Plan of Minnesota, UCare Minnesota.


		Action Plans (insurance companies but not HMOs/CISNs), 1999. 8 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: Allmerica, First Health Group/New York Life, Golden Rule, General America, Principal Financial Group, Principal Financial Group, Private Healthcare Systems, Physicians Mutual/Physicians Life, Trustmark, United Wisconsin.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies or procedures, 1999.


		Action Plans submitted in 2000, 2000.
			List of plans.


		Action Plans, 2000. 5 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company: Altru Health Plan, Blue Plus, First Plan of Minnesota, General American, Golden Rule Insurance, Health Partners, Mayo Health Plan, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, Sioux Valley Health Plan of Minnesota, UCare Minnesota.


		Letters indicating company has no action plans, policies, or procedures, 2000.


	Collaboration Plans, 1999. 4 folders.
		Alphabetically arranged by company.
		A-H. 2 folders.
			Allina Health System, Altru Health Plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus, First Plan of Minnesota, Health Partners.
Location
101.I.14.1B		M-U. 2 folders.
			Mayo Health Plan, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne Community Health Plan, Sioux Valley Health Plan of Minnesota, UCare Minnesota.


		Collaboration Plans, 2000-2003. 9 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company; Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Blue Plus of Minnesota, First Plan of Minnesota, Health Partners, Medica Health Plan, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne Community Health Plan [PCHP], Sioux Valley Health Plan of Minnesota, South Country Health Alliance, UCare Minnesota.


		Collaboration Plan Instructions for Health Plans in Minnesota, July 2004.


		Collaboration Plan Updates, 2005-2009. 10 folders.
			Alphabetically arranged by company; Avera Health Pland of Minnesota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Blue Plus of Minnesota, First Plan of Minnesota, Health Partners, Medica Health Plan, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne Community Health Plan [PCHP], Sioux Valley Health Plan of Minnesota, South Country Health Alliance, UCare Minnesota.
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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.; Health maintenance organizations -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.; Health planning -- Minnesota.; Health service areas -- Minnesota.; Health services -- Minnesota.; Health services accessibility -- Minnesota.; Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Minnesota.; Medical care -- Minnesota.; Medical policy -- Minnesota.; Public health -- Minnesota.; Public-private sector cooperation -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: MinnesotaCare Project.

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