Key Informant Groups

TASC has created several Key Informant Groups to help provide ongoing expertise and feedback to TASC, the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), the Flex Monitoring Team, and the State Flex Programs. These Key Informant Groups to meet periodically to:

1. Discuss and provide feedback on urgent developments in their field of expertise;
2. Provide insight on technical questions posed by the 45 State Flex Programs through TASC; and,
3. Help build a body of knowledge on the topic that can be shared with the State Flex Programs, ORHP and the Flex Monitoring Team.

The following Key Informant Groups have been developed:

Emergency Medical Services

• Walt Gregg, Minnesota Rural Health Resource Center, Flex Monitoring Team
• Dan Manz, Essex Rescue
• Megan Meacham, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Aarron Reinert, Lakes Region Emergency Medical Services
• Nels Sanddal, American College of Surgeons
• Gary Wingrove, Mayo Clinic Medical Transport/Gold Cross

Health Information Technology/Telehealth

• Mary DeVany, Great Plains Telehealth Resource Center
• Tammy Flick, IFMC Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center
• David Ginsberg, Priva Plan/Colorado Rural Health Center
• Paul Kleeberg, REACH – Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT
• Mike McNeely, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Ira Moscovice, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, Flex Monitoring Team
• Neal Neuberger, HIMSS Institute for e-Health Policy, Health Tech Strategies LLC
• Mary Ring, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
• Mark Schmidt, SISU Medical Systems
• Ron Sconyers, Rural Healthcare Solutions LLS
• Sue Severson, Stratis Health
• Kip Smith, Health Information Exchange of Montana
• Christina Beach Thielst, Health Administration Consulting
• Louis Wenzlow, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative

Financial and Operational Improvement

• Jeff Johnson, Wipfli LLP
• Paul Moore, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Gwen Moser, Eide Bailly LLP
• George Pink, North Carolina Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Flex Monitoring Team
• Eric Shell, Stroudwater Associates

Quality Improvement and Leadership

• Darlene Bainbridge, DD Bainbridge and Associates, Inc.
• Brian Haapala, Stroudwater Associates
• Bob Hartl, Hartl Pearson Consulting
• Megan Meacham, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Paul Moore, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
• Ira Moscovice, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, Flex Monitoring Team
• Brock Slabach, National Rural Health Association
• Jeff Spade, North Carolina Rural Health Center, North Carolina Hospital Association