Specifications include, but are not limited to: The 2023 Legislature passed a bill (HF 402, 93rd Legislature) that directs the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to complete a study on the potential conversion of nonprofit Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to for-profit status. Minnesota was the last state in the nation to allow HMOs that were for-profit or not domiciled in Minnesota to operate in the state, beginning in 2017. The language requires MDH to produce preliminary and final reports that cover a range of issues including recommended oversight for conversions (which agency or entity, role of public input into the process, stewardship of public benefit assets), regulation of for-profit HMO’s post-conversion, and the regulatory structure needed to manage any potential return of public benefit assets if a nonprofit HMO or health system converts to for-profit or is purchased by an out-of-state or for-profit entity. MDH released its initial report (MDH Study of HMO Conversions) in February 2024 and a final report is due at the end of June 2024. As MDH conducts research as part of our work to complete the final report, MDH seeks a person or organization to assist in these efforts by researching how other states approach transactions involving nonprofit HMOs, including conversion transactions. While the primary purpose of this project is related to transaction oversight, the research will also include a higher-level scan of other HMO regulatory topics, such as whether and how other states differentiate between nonprofit and for-profit HMOs in their regulatory requirements. MDH envisions the work on conversion transactions to be a more in-depth effort, while the work on broader HMO regulatory practices will be more of a higher-level scanThe 2023 Legislature passed a bill (HF 402, 93rd Legislature) that directs the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to complete a study on the potential conversion of nonprofit Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to for-profit status. Minnesota was the last state in the nation to allow HMOs that were for-profit or not domiciled in Minnesota to operate in the state, beginning in 2017. The language requires MDH to produce preliminary and final reports that cover a range of issues including recommended oversight for conversions (which agency or entity, role of public input into the process, stewardship of public benefit assets), regulation of for-profit HMO’s post-conversion, and the regulatory structure needed to manage any potential return of public benefit assets if a nonprofit HMO or health system converts to for-profit or is purchased by an out-of-state or for-profit entity. MDH released its initial report (MDH Study of HMO Conversions) in February 2024 and a final report is due at the end of June 2024. As MDH conducts research as part of our work to complete the final report, MDH seeks a person or organization to assist in these efforts by researching how other states approach transactions involving nonprofit HMOs, including conversion transactions. While the primary purpose of this project is related to transaction oversight, the research will also include a higher-level scan of other HMO regulatory topics, such as whether and how other states differentiate between nonprofit and for-profit HMOs in their regulatory requirements. MDH envisions the work on conversion transactions to be a more in-depth effort, while the work on broader HMO regulatory practices will be more of a higher-level scan