Who We Are

The Minnesota Council of Health Plans is an association of nonprofit health plans whose mission is to get Minnesotans the affordable, equitable and quality-based care they need today and in the future. We have worked for nearly 40 years to improve care for everyone.

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Spotlight

Care coordination is a unique benefit which provides highly individualized, holistic care to support members’ health and wellbeing. For patients with complex and chronic conditions, care coordination enables personalized, responsive care to enhance the patient experience, reduce the cost of care, and improve the health of communities throughout Minnesota.

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Redetermining eligibility for 1.5 million Minnesotans enrolled in state programs – a record number – after a three-year hiatus will be an unprecedented amount of work for the state, counties and tribes who process the renewals, as well as for the health plans who support these enrollees to maintain coverage.

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Minnesota’s nonprofit health plans have a renewed focus on equity, creating a number of initiatives that will support Minnesotans in their health care journey. A recent edition of Minnesota Physician highlights several equity programs, along with the people who helped bring those initiatives to life.

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One of the key takeaways from the Vaccine Equity Partnership with the State of Minnesota was the value in aligning communication and resources. There is also opportunity to use this partnership to address the social drivers of health to bring about better health outcomes for under-resourced communities, wrote Minnesota Council of Health Plans CEO Lucas Nesse in Minnesota Physician.

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Three years after COVID-19 postponed thousands of well-child visits, it’s important to make sure Minnesota’s children are up to date on vaccines. These resources provide information on the vaccines given to most babies from birth up to 23 months. The materials are available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali in text, audio, and print versions.

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Our Members

Understanding Health Insurance

Health insurance exists because we live in an unpredictable world. This coverage helps spread out the cost of expensive health care, helping people gain access to care that they otherwise couldn’t afford.

You never know when you might get sick, injured or when you may need expensive medical care, so you pay a monthly fee – “a premium” – for insurance that helps pay your medical bills. 

Health insurance also covers preventive care like doctor visits, vaccinations and screenings.This coverage helps spread out the cost of expensive health care, helping people gain access to care that they otherwise couldn’t afford.