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Take it freeBlueprint is pre-configured with Minnesota’s 87 counties, CMS MA time-distance thresholds, and HSD specialty categories. Your adequacy score runs on day one.
Minnesota at a Glance
87
Counties tracked
16
MA plans competing
October 1 – March 31
Filing window
The Minnesota Adequacy Challenge
Minnesota is a Twin Cities metro with vast rural north state. MA plan sponsors operating here must satisfy CMS time-distance standards across all 87 counties — a task that demands accurate county classifications and pre-loaded specialty categories. Getting it wrong means adequacy gap notices and potential filing rejections.
Northern Minnesota (Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, Clearwater counties) are frontier-classified — specialty access exceptions required across oncology, cardiology, and neurology
Key Specialties to Monitor in MN
How Blueprint Handles It
No setup needed for the county map. Every Minnesota county is pre-loaded with the correct urban, suburban, and rural classifications Blueprint uses for adequacy scoring.
Time-distance thresholds, urban/suburban/rural county classifications, and HSD specialty requirements are all loaded. No manual configuration required.
Blueprint automatically flags counties that need waiver or good-faith effort documentation — so your team knows where to focus before the filing window closes.
Quick Reference
| County classification | Twin Cities metro with vast rural north |
| Top specialty gaps | Primary Care, Cardiology, Behavioral Health, Oncology |
| Rural strategy | Northern Minnesota (Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, Clearwater counties) are frontier-classified — specialty access exceptions required across oncology, cardiology, and neurology |
| Filing window | October 1 – March 31 |
Customer Story
“Teams building MA networks in Minnesotause Blueprint to catch adequacy gaps at Week 4 — not Week 14.”
Ready to build in Minnesota?
All 87 Minnesota counties, CMS MA rules, and rural gap detection are pre-loaded. Schedule a demo and your adequacy score runs before the call ends.