MN HF3498

Requires the Minnesota Commissioner of Health to stratify quality measures by race, ethnicity, preferred language, and country of origin beginning July 1, 2016, starting with five measures and expanding based on available resources.

Authorizes the commissioner to stratify measures by additional sociodemographic factors or composites correlated with health disparities effective January 1, 2018, with new methods tested through pilot projects before statewide implementation.

Mandates the risk adjustment system for quality measures be adjusted for patient characteristics correlated with health disparities effective July 1, 2017, which may include composite indicators based on patient address.

Requires governance boards for any contracted private entity to include representatives from health care providers (including those serving high concentrations of patients impacted by health disparities), health plans, consumers experiencing health disparities, employers, and state government with no single stakeholder group holding a voting majority.

Authorizes the commissioner to establish or fund pilot programs to develop and test alternative methods of data collection and risk adjustment for provider quality and cost measurement using unexpended appropriation balances.