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Roughrider High Value Network reports early results, asks for continued support
Summary
The Roughrider High Value Network told appropriators it used state match funds to buy a population‑health platform, secure value‑based contracts and pilot Medicaid outreach that closed hundreds of care gaps in the first months.
BISMARCK — The Roughrider High Value Network presented a progress report to the Human Resources Division, detailing how state funding matched by member hospitals helped the network acquire data infrastructure, engage in value‑based contracts and pilot Medicaid outreach that closed care gaps in rural communities.
Why it matters: The network aggregates dozens of small hospitals so they can manage population health, enter value‑based contracts and standardize quality across rural facilities. Leaders said the network helps rural hospitals remain independent while accessing scale needed for risk‑bearing contracts.
What the network reported - Alfred Sams, president of the Roughrider High Value Network, said the network represents 23 hospitals and roughly 350,000 lives. The state matching funds helped the network purchase an expensive population‑health platform and analytics tools that individual critical‑access hospitals could not afford on their own.
- Brittany Satch (chief clinical officer) described a three‑community Medicaid outreach pilot: the network closed 563 care gaps in its first three months of targeted outreach and has begun value‑based arrangements with several payers (testimony noted four existing VBP contracts at the time of the hearing).
- Network leaders said their model has drawn interest from other states seeking to replicate the approach for rural hospitals.
Ending Network witnesses asked appropriators to continue funding the program so rural hospitals can scale population health analytics and pursue more value‑based contracts that they said boost quality and lower total costs.
