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Minnesota Community Paramedic: Addressing Health Care Shortages in Rural Areas

Learn about the Minnesota Community Paramedic program, a model based on best practices from around the world, aimed at addressing critical health care shortages in rural and remote areas. Explore the standardized training curriculum and the impact of the program on cost, quality, and access to health care.

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Minnesota Community Paramedic: Addressing Health Care Shortages in Rural Areas

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

  2. 2004

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

  4. 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.

  5. Pilot test

  6. Cost, Quality, Access 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 2008 until ???: Health Reform

  7. 2011

  8. 2012

  9. 2012

  10. MN Accountable Health Model 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). Minnesota SIM Grant : 2014 - 2016 Major federal health reform grant to MDH & DHS

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