Health Policy
Health Policy Programs/Offices
Health Policy Organizational Chart (PDF)
Adverse Events Reporting
The Minnesota Department of Health administers the Adverse Health Care Events Reporting System that requires all Minnesota hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and regional treatment centers to report whenever one of 28 serious reportable events occurs.
Health Care Homes
A "health care home," also called a "medical home," is an approach to primary care in which primary care providers, families and patients work in partnership to improve health outcomes and quality of life for individuals with chronic health conditions and disabilities.
Center for Health Care Affordability
Center for Health Care Affordability
The Center examines health care spending and provides recommendations for making health care affordable for all Minnesotans. Key interests of the Center include reducing waste and low-value care; eliminating unproductive administrative spending; enhancing the provision of effective, high-value care; considering the sustainability of health care spending growth and the relationship of health care spending growth to health equity; and identifying delivery system, payment, and health care market reforms to increase health care affordability and sustainability, including for rural populations in Minnesota.
Health Economics Program
The Health Economics Program (HEP) conducts applied policy analysis and research on Minnesota's health care marketplace with a focus on health care quality, cost, and coverage issues.
Center for Health Information Policy and Transformation
Center for Health Information Policy and Transformation
Center for Health Information Policy and Transformation (CHIPT) directs programs and collaborates with stakeholders to accelerate the statewide adoption and use of electronic health records and other health information technology across the health care spectrum.
Managed Care Systems
The Managed Care Systems (MCS) Section licenses and regulates Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and County-Based Purchasers (CBPs). Regulation helps to ensure that your health plan company follows all applicable laws and rules governing financial solvency, quality of care, access to services, complaints, appeals and other consumer rights. The Managed Care Section also reviews Networks, Service Area and Essential Community Provider (ECP) requirements for MNSure.
Rural Health and Primary Care
The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) works to safeguard the quality and availability of health care in rural and underserved urban areas. It manages the Minnesota Trauma System and the Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) program.
Vital Records
The Office of Vital Records (OVR), the State Registrar registers all births and deaths in Minnesota through a centralized electronic system. The Father's Adoption Registry allows possible biological, but not as yet legal, fathers to receive notice of pending adoption proceedings for their children.