2024-05-14T17:48:28-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 824949194 MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY HEALTH PLANS MINN 9529235265 1753 Cottonwood Circle Saint Cloud MN 56303 Steve Gottwalt Executive Director 9529235265 2024-05-13 Steve Gottwalt 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Steve Gottwalt 1753 Cottonwood Circle Saint Cloud MN 563030500 254483 0 X www.machp.org X 2018 MN MACHP is an association of three County-Based Purchasing (CBP) health plans serving about 100,000 Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) enrollees in 33 Minnesota counties. These plans are non-profit, and are owned and operated by the counties they serve. MACHP is organized to advocate for maintaining and strengthening the CBP model in Minnesota. 3 3 0 25 0 0 218345 254483 0 0 0 0 0 0 218345 254483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 222778 242130 222778 242130 -4433 12353 19809 25419 6743 0 13066 25419 X MACHP is an association of County Based Purchasing (CBP) health plans serving about 100,000 Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) enrollees in 33 Minnesota counties. These plans are owned and operated by the counties they serve. MACHP is organized to advocate for maintaining and strengthening the CBP model in Minnesota. 1 0 77000 0 77000 Minnesota government affairs pertaining to CBP: Worked with independent government affairs consultants The Lehman Group and Ewald Consulting to educate Minnesota legislators, Governor, State Administration and other stake holders concerning the importance and benefits of CBP. Worked closely with Minnesota's Department of Human Services (DHS) to reach better understanding concerning public health care programs procurement under state law. We succeeded in maintaining a broad coalition of support among like-minded organizations and stake holder groups, including the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), Minnesota Association of County Social Services Agencies (MACSSA), the Minnesota Rural Health Association (MRHA), AFSCME Union, Hennepin Health, MN Rural Counties, and other rural health care advocates. We closely tracked and responded to legislative proposals, regulatory and administrative actions impacting CBP and CBP plans. 11075 0 11075 Sponsorships of Annual Stake Holder Conferences: Paid sponsorships and on-site exhibits promoting and sharing information about the benefits and importance of CBP, and demonstrating our solidarity and support for those organizations' complimentary missions and efforts. 501 0 501 Educational materials about our association, it's members and scope, including an organizational one-page handout, letters specific to various issues impacting CBP, and other miscellaneous correspondences. The materials were highly effective in helping inform and obtain support from key stake holders throughout the year in a variety of settings. 133505 0 133505 CEO management of the association, including all administrative duties, collaborative efforts with like-minded organizations, advocacy and education efforts, communications and public relations and more. 0 0 0 Developing County Administered Rural Medical Assistance (CARMA): Our association met almost monthly throughout 2023 with representatives from the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to reach agreement on elements of the new and improved county-based model for Medicaid. This effort does not represent additional budgeted expenses for our association. Any related expenses are included under other program services and budgeted expense line items. 133505 0 133505 222081 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN X Steve Gottwalt 9529235265 1753 Cottonwood Circle Saint Cloud MN 56303 Steve Gottwalt Executive Director (contractor) 30 0 X X X 89038 0 0 Leota Lind Chair, Board of Directors 6 0 X 0 0 0 Jim Przybilla Board of Directors 5 0 X 0 0 0 Sarah Anderson Board of Directors 5 0 X 0 0 0 89038 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254483 0 0 0 0 0 254483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254483 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133503 0 0 7700 0 0 69300 600 2530 2241 0 11256 0 0 0 0 Annual membership dues to related organizations: Assoc of MN Counties and MN Rural Health Assoc 15000 0 242130 0 0 0 19809 21031 0 0 0 0 0 4388 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19809 25419 6743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6743 0 X 13066 25419 0 0 0 0 13066 25419 19809 25419 12353 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 1 0 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 2 MACHP and its member plans began a collaborative initiative with the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), to develop a new and improved county-based model for delivering Medicaid benefits to better integrate county public health, social services and other services to help better address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). This initiative is called County Administered Rural Medical Assistance (CARMA), and these three entities spent much of 2023 discussing the model and drafting legislation for the 2024 Minnesota Legislative Session providing direction and funding to develop the CARMA model, a detailed implementation plan, and model legislation for 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 MACHP is a membership organization of Minnesota's three County-Based Purchasing (CBP) plans. The association's revenues are derived solely from membership dues. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This Form 990 filing has been prepared by MACHP's executive director, in consultation with the CFO of PrimeWest Health, Alex Tava, and the MACHP Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request, at its location of business. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g The association's two fee-for-service government affairs consultants primarily provided education, information and legislative tracking services not defined as "lobbying". These services constituted 90% of their work for our association.