Lucas Nesse

Lucas Nesse

President and CEO

Lucas Nesse joined the Minnesota Council of Health Plans as its President and CEO in 2019. In this role, Nesse works with the state’s non-profit health plans to advance high quality and affordable health care for Minnesotans.

Prior to assuming his role at the Council, Lucas was the director of health policy for the Minnesota Business Partnership, a large employer membership organization. Nesse previously served in staff leadership roles for the Minnesota State Senate.

Nesse is an ex-officio Board member of Minnesota Community Measurement, a collaboration-based organization that collects, analyzes, and shares actionable data on health care quality and cost. He also serves in an advisory role for the Board of TPT, a PBS affiliate that produces and broadcasts public media programming in the Twin Cities and its surrounding areas.

Nesse earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Gustavus Adolphus College and his Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law.

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Resources

All Care is Local
You do stories every week about decisions that shape the care Minnesotans get. The big policy discussions may be happening in Washington, D.C., and St. Paul, the reality is all care is local. We’re working to make the far away conversations understandable at home, county by county.

All Care Is Local

Current Issues

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Essentials of Health Policy Sourcebook
Solid background information. The key to using this information in reporting is our first link, All Care is Local. How health policies are implemented vary across the country, and even within states. National sources hold a wealth of information, but often, Minnesota rules, laws and unique approach to health policy mean things are a bit different here.

Essentials of Health Policy Sourcebook

Association of Health Care Journalists
AHCJ‘s focus is the “quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting, writing and editing.” More than 1,500 members help each other cover the beat.
Health Care Costs: A Reporter's Toolkit
An oldie but a goodie, at least when it comes to understanding the basics: Premiums are expensive because care is expensive.

Health Care Costs: A Reporter’s Toolkit

Health News Review
You’ll find tips and tools for analyzing health care claims and a critical review of stories in the media. (Not claims as in medical bills/insurance claims. You’ll get help analyzing what’s said in the news releases in your inbox.)

Health News Review