Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Location

St. Paul, MN
United States

Minnesota State Flex Program

What is one Core Competency your state Flex Program is working on developing through Flex activities?

Selected Core Competency: Understanding the Current and Future Health Care Environment

Minnesota Flex is working on completing the current cooperative agreement with activities in quality, finance, operations, population health, health equity, and EMS while also planning for the future Flex needs assessment and thinking strategically about how Flex can better contribute to rural health care needs.

What is one activity your state is funding through SHIP?

Minnesota SHIP is working to better understand the data collection and use of SDOH data within our SHIP participating facilities to inform future SHIP and Flex programming.

Type of OrganizationState Government
Staffing (FTE)4
Number of CAHs77

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Organization Contacts

Zora Radosevich

State Office Director, Minnesota
Zora.Radosevich@state.mn.us
(651) 201-3859

Zora has served as Minnesota's State Office Director since 2018.

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Emma Distel

Flex Coordinator; SHIP Coordinator, Minnesota
emma.distel@state.mn.us
(651) 201-3528

Emma has served as Minnesota's Flex and SHIP Coordinator since 2018.

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Valarie Stofferahn

Rural Health Data and Evaluation Manager
Valarie.Stofferahn@state.mn.us

Valarie has served with Minnesota's Flex Program since 2023.

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Melanie Innes

SHIP Manager, Minnesota
Melanie.Innes@state.mn.us

Melanie has served with Minnesota SHIP since 2022.

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Sarah Grafstrom

Reimbursement Analyst
sarah.grafstrom@state.mn.us

Sarah has served with Minnesota's Flex Program since 2023.

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