About TASC

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 created the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, a nationwide initiative that established the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) as a new category of hospital eligible for cost based Medicare reimbursement.

The Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) supports the work of the state offices of rural health and other healthcare organizations by providing technical assistance, information, and process tools to rural communities.

TASC is funded by the Health Resources and Service Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy and administered by the Rural Health Resource Center, a private, non-profit organization.

Terry Hill
Terry Hill
Executive Director
Tracy Morton
Tracy Morton
Program Manager

Kate Stenehjem
Kate Stenehjem
Information Specialist
Nicole Clement
Nicole Clement
Program Coordinator

Technical Assistance and Services Center
600 E. Superior Street, Suite 404
Duluth, MN 55802
218-727-9390, Fax: 218-727-9392
E-Mail: tasc@ruralcenter.org

Advisory Committee Members

Steve Hirsch, Project Officer
shirsch@hrsa.gov
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
John Barnas, Chair
barnas@msu.edu
Michigan Center for Rural Health
 
Larry Baronner
ldb10@psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University
Joyce Beck
jbeck@tchsne.org
Thayer County Health Services, Nebraska
 
Elizabeth G. Cobb
ecobb@kyha.com
Kentucky Hospital Association
Byron Crouse
bjcrouse@wisc.edu
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
 
Dale Gibbs
dalegibbs@catholichealth.net
Good Samaritan Hospital, Outreach and Telehealth Services
Lance Keilers
lancek@bmhd.org
Ballinger Memorial Hospital, Texas
 
Dan Manz
dmanz@vdh.state.vt.us
Vermont Office of EMS & Injury Prevention
Marlene Miller
marlenemiller@medicine.nodak.edu
Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota
 
Ira Moscovice
mosco001@umn.edu
University of Minnesota
Pat Schou
pschou@icahn.org
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
 
Bill Sexton
sextonw@pdcmemorialhospital.org
Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital, Wisconsin
Brock Slabach
bslabach@nrharural.org
National Rural Health Association
 
Jeff Spade
jspade@ncha.org
North Carolina Rural Health Center and North Carolina Hospital Association
John Supplitt
jsupplitt@aha.org
American Hospital Association
 
Gary Wingrove
wingrove.gary@mayo.edu
Gold Cross Ambulance