Jim Chase Executive Director MN Community Measurement

Jim is the Executive Director of MN Community Measurement, an organization founded by the Minnesota Medical Association and Minnesota health plans.   MN Community Measurement’s mission is to accelerate the improvement of health by publicly reporting health care information.

Founding members include the Minnesota Medical Association and seven non-profit Minnesota health plans: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota/Blue Plus, First Plan of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne and UCare Minnesota. The medical association, participating medical groups, consumers, businesses and health plans are all represented on the organization’s board of directors. Data is supplied by participating health plans, along with PrimeWest Health System and South Country Health Alliance.

Jim has over twenty years of experience in the health care field and has had a strong commitment to improving the health of the people of Minnesota. Prior to his work at MN Community Measurement, Jim spent 9 years as Director of Health Care Purchasing with the Minnesota Department of Human Services. He has also held positions with Health Risk Management, Inc., United Health Care, and Fairview Hospitals. He has a Masters in Hospital Administration from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. 

Jim has been a faculty member for managed care since 1989 with the ISP Health Administration program at the University of Minnesota. Jim also served on the State Pharmaceutical Assistance Transition Commission that advised Congress on the impact of the new Medicare drug benefit on state pharmacy assistance programs.