Minnesota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program

The Minnesota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program was created to improve and sustain access to quality health care in rural communities and relieve financial pressures on rural hospitals and emergency medical services.

The Flex Program supports this work by funding training, education and improvement programs for critical access hospitals (CAH) and rural emergency medical services. Currently, these projects include: 

• Quality improvement
  • Minnesota Critical Access Hospital Reporting and Improvement Assistance
• Financial and operational improvement
  • Reaching out to the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) for data and financial benchmarks, and creating educational opportunities for CAHs
• Population health improvement
  • Minnesota Path to Value
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS) improvement

Reach out to health.flex@state.mn.us with questions about Flex projects or funding opportunities.