Center for Health Care Affordability
Provider and Payer Advisory Task Force

Meetings

All task force meetings are open for the public to observe and may also be attended virtually. Meeting information and materials will be posted prior to each meeting. Questions and comments for the task force may be submitted by email to health.affordability@state.mn.us. Please submit questions or comments at least one week prior to a meeting so they may be shared with task force members in advance. 

January 22, 2026 

• Time: 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Location: Minnesota Humanities Center (987 Ivy Ave E, St Paul, MN 55106) Meeting hosted in the library and free guest parking is available off of Ivy Avenue, between Earl Street and Forest Street, on the east side of the building.
• Registration: Provider and Payer Advisory Task Force Kickoff Meeting
• Agenda: January 2026 (PDF)

Please register for the meeting to receive the Teams link. For planning purposes, we ask that you indicate if you plan on attending in person. If you would like to request an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact us as early as possible at health.affordability@state.mn.us   with details.

Charter

Visit the Provider and Payer Advisory Task Force Charter (PDF)

Membership

At Large

• Brittney Dahlin, Chief Operating Officer & Director of Quality Improvement at Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
• Cassandra Beardsley, Executive Director at Wilderness Health
• Thompson Aderinkomi, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Nice

Healthcare Health Care Delivery

• Aaron Bloomquist, Chief Financial Officer at Ridgeview Medical Center
• Adam Horst, Chief Financial Officer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
• Amy McNally, Vice President of Surgery at Minnesota Oncology
• Joel Beiswenger, President & Chief Executive Officer at Astera Health
• Kate Schreck, Family Medicine Physician at Park Nicollet
• Kevin Boren, Chief Financial Officer at Essentia Health
• Mallory Koshiol, Vice President of System Safety & Quality at Allina Health
• Tyler Winkelman, Director, Research and Evaluation Data Analytics Core, Hennepin

Healthcare Health Care Financing and Administration

• Ghita Worcester, Retired 
• Lin Nelson, Vice President of Public Affairs at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN
• Shaun Frost, Medical Director for Care Delivery Systems at HealthPartners Health Insurance Plan
• Svetlana Sandberg, Vice President of Innovation and Strategy at United Health Group