QA Panel

Publications

• Quality Assurance in Minnesota 2007 - Final Report (PDF) - Findings and Recommendations of the Legislatively-Mandated Quality Assurance Panel (2007); File Size: 350 KB
• Quality Assurance 2007 - Executive Summary (PDF) - Report to the Minnesota Legislature on the Findings and Recommendations of the Legislatively-Mandated Quality Assurance Panel. (2007); File Size: 283 KB
• Quality Assurance Panel Proposed Legislation - DRAFT (PDF) - This is a draft of the legisltation proposed by th Minnesota Quality Assurance Panel. (2007); File Size: 13 KB
• Overview of Regional Quality Councils: Examples from Four States Analysis by Human Services Research Institute for the Minnesota Quality Assurance Panel (PDF) - Prepared by the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) this report gathers information from four states (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida and Tennessee) at different stages of quality council implementation. (2006); File Size: 43 KB
• A Case Study of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation's Development & Implementation of Quality Councils (PDF) - Prepared by the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) this report gathers information on Massachusetts regional council membership, how information is shared between regional councils and the statewide council, costs associated with operating regional and statewide councils, and next steps under consideration by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation. This case study addresses these key areas of program development and provides an overview of the Massachusetts quality council experience to date. (2007); File Size: 154 KB
• Instrument Review for Statewide Sample of Service Recipients (PDF) - This memo and the attached copy of the CMS Quality Framework was used by the Minnesota Quality Assurance Panel to develop the set of outcome indicators to be used to gather information from service recipients that will establish the status and limitations in quality in service delivery, support responses to problems and assist in implementing programs of quality improvement. (2006); File Size: 65 KB
• Proposed Outcome Indicators for the Survey of Program Participants (PDF) - This is a set of outcome indicators proposed for use in surveying program participants for the purpose of quality evaluation. (2007); File Size: 43 KB
• Minnesota Quality Assurance Panel Interviews with Counties Final Report (PDF) - This report summarizes the results of interviews with county officials in Minnesota regarding their quality assurance efforts. These interviews addressed both current practices as well as recommendations for improvements to the quality assurance infrastructure at the local, regional and state levels. (2007); File Size: 47 KB
• Minnesota Statewide Quality Assurance Activities by Service Type (PDF) - The Minnesota Quality Assurance Panel examined existing quality assurance activities in Minnesota before developing its recommendations for revisions to this system. This document is a summary of the information collected by the Panel about the various QA activities. (2007); File Size: 126 KB