1. Minnesota community paramedic history
Minnesota Community Paramedic Forum
December 2, 2013
Mark Schoenbaum
Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
Minnesota Department of Health

3. 2004

4. Similar grants from Nebraska and Kansas Offices of Rural Health

5. The Community Healthcare and Emergency Cooperative (CHEC) formed in July 2007 to address critical health care shortages in rural and remote areas—specifically by developing a new community health provider model.
Based Community Paramedic model on best practices of similar initiatives around the world, including the Alaska Community Health Aide, the Nova Scotia Community Paramedic model and the Australia Rural and Remote Paramedic Program.
CHEC has a standardized training curriculum.

7. Pilot test

8. 2008 until ???: Health Reform Cost, Quality, Access Readmissions
E-Health, Health Care Homes, Statewide Quality Reporting and Measurement System (SQRMS) Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), Medicaid Expansion, MNsure
Readmissions
Workforce Shortages
Rural Health

9. 2011

11. 2012

12. 2012

16. Minnesota SIM Grant : 2014 - 2016 Core elements:
11/11/2018
MN Accountable Health Model
Minnesota SIM Grant :
Major federal health reform grant to MDH & DHS
Core elements:
Expanding and accelerating payment reform through Minnesota's Medicaid Health Care Delivery System demonstration (HCDS) and other Accountable Care Organization (ACO)/Total Cost of Care (TCOC) models in the market;
Providing additional data analytic capacity and health information technology/exchange resources to a broader array of providers;
Facilitating provider learning collaboratives, quality improvement initiatives, practice facilitation and support for new provider types to transform care delivery; and
Supporting up to 15 Accountable Communities for Health (ACH).