Quality Health Associates of North Dakota

What Quality Health Associates of North Dakota does

Quality Health Associates (QHA) of North Dakota is a nonprofit healthcare quality improvement organization founded in 1974 and headquartered in Minot, North Dakota. It collaborates with healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across the state to improve quality of care through a portfolio of federally and state-funded programs, including the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP) for Critical Access Hospitals, the CDC-funded CRC ScreeND initiative, the Dakota Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), Mental Health First Aid training, the Strong Roots suicide prevention program, a Palliative Care Task Force, long-term care resources (including the INTERACT tools library), and the NDC3 community clinical collaborative. Its core technology stack centers on quality improvement methodologies, Lean process improvement, HIT/EMR consultation, and a REDCap-based data collection platform used to support Emergency Department Transfer Communications reporting across North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals.

QHA's business model is government-contract driven: revenue flows from federal contracts (CDC, CMS) and North Dakota HHS funding, supplemented by partnerships with healthcare associations. Services are delivered through direct technical assistance, evidence-based intervention implementation, training, and group facilitation — there is no consumer pricing model and no disclosed ARR or revenue figures. Customer segments are concentrated in healthcare providers and organizations (hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, long-term care facilities, rural and tribal clinics), with secondary community-facing outreach through mental health, suicide prevention, and cancer screening programs. Reported outcomes include a 249% relative improvement and 29.81 percentage point average gain in colorectal cancer screening rates across 21 rural and tribal clinics in the ScreeND project.

In 2024, QHA entered a strategic collaboration with Mountain Pacific (established 1973, headquartered in Helena, Montana), becoming part of Mountain Pacific while retaining a North Dakota-based team that continues to provide local services. QHA is now co-branded with Mountain Pacific, and primary updates are hosted on mountainpacific.org. The organization is governed by an 8-member board drawn from across North Dakota's healthcare ecosystem (Trinity Health, North Dakota Long Term Care Association, Spectra Health, AARP North Dakota, Coal Country Community Health Centers, Grand Forks Public Health Department) and is led by CEO Richard Bubach.

Name

Quality Health Associates of North Dakota

Legal name

Quality Health Associates of North Dakota

Website

https://qualityhealthnd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quality Health Associates of North Dakota is a nonprofit quality improvement organization, founded in 1974 and now part of Mountain Pacific, that delivers government-funded programs to healthcare providers, long-term care facilities, and rural and tribal communities across North Dakota.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Quality Improvement Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLACAHAC

Quality Measurement, Reporting & Benchmarking (HEDIS/Stars/CQM)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Population Health Management & Value-Based Care Analytics

SECONDARYHLAFAAAG

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

SECONDARYHLAFAGAL

Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Primary Care & Community Health Providers

SECONDARYHLAFAGAB

Community Health Centers (FQHCs & Look-Alikes)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Primary Care & Community Health Providers

SECONDARYHLAJAAAB

County/District/Local Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

Keywords

• Healthcare quality improvement
• Clinical quality programs
• Quality improvement consulting
• Rural health services
• Patient safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Minot

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts: QHA operates primarily through contracts with government agencies including federal (CDC, CMS), state (North Dakota HHS), and healthcare associations. The organization collaborates with healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities to improve quality of care through these funded programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quality Health Associates of North Dakota is a nonprofit healthcare quality improvement organization that collaborates with healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across North Dakota to improve the quality of care. Through government-funded contracts with federal (CDC, CMS) and state (North Dakota HHS) agencies, QHA delivers technical assistance, training, evidence-based intervention implementation, and quality improvement support across multiple program areas including colorectal cancer screening, geriatric care, mental health first aid, suicide prevention, palliative care, and rural hospital quality reporting.

Product overview

Quality Health Associates (QHA) of North Dakota is a healthcare quality improvement organization (now part of Mountain Pacific) offering a portfolio of programs, initiatives, and resources focused on improving healthcare quality across North Dakota. Rather than a unified software platform, QHA provides a collection of contracted programs and initiatives including colorectal cancer screening programs (ScreeND and NDCRCSI), geriatric care (Dakota GWEP), mental health training (Mental Health First Aid), quality improvement for rural hospitals (MBQIP), suicide prevention (Strong Roots), palliative care education, and various long-term care resources and tools. QHA also operates REDCap for data collection and provides technical assistance across these programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs A CDC-funded 5-year initiative (CRC ScreeND) partnering with 21 rural and tribal clinics across North Dakota, plus the NDCRCSI, focused on improving colorectal cancer screening rates through evidence-based interventions and tailored technical assistance.
• Dakota Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) A program providing support to rural and tribal health partners by leading key functions in geriatric care quality improvement across the Dakota GWEP region.
• Mental Health First Aid Training Training program teaching participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults.
• Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP) A quality improvement activity under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) grant program focused on improving quality of care in Critical Access Hospitals through voluntary quality data reporting.
• Strong Roots Suicide Prevention A suicide prevention initiative implementing evidence-based strategies focused on higher risk populations with emphasis on life skills development, resilience-building, and social connectedness.
• Palliative Care Task Force A task force committed to improving quality of life of those facing serious health conditions by promoting patient-centered palliative care and developing educational opportunities for providers and community members.
• NDC3 A community clinical collaborative offering evidence-based programs to foster individual well-being and manage chronic health conditions through a website and referral system.
• Long-Term Care Resources A collection of tools and resources for long-term care including INTERACT Tools Library, Quality Improvement Tools, reducing readmissions resources, and emergency department hospitalization toolkits for Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, and Home Health settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 249% relative improvement in colorectal cancer screening rates across participating clinics
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mountain PacificcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration to coordinate and strengthen the delivery of quality improvement support services across healthcare communities in multiple states. QHA is now part of Mountain Pacific, with the North Dakota-based team continuing to provide local support and services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mountain Pacific: Mountain Pacific is the parent organization that QHA integrated with in 2024. Established in 1973, it is a multi-state QIN-QIO delivering quality improvement support services to healthcare providers across several states—the closest direct peer and now functional sibling to QHA.
• Stratis Health: Stratis Health is a Minnesota-based nonprofit QIO delivering quality improvement, patient safety, and health IT consulting to rural and Critical Access Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community providers—directly comparable to QHA in mission, customer base, and federal funding model.
• Comagine Health: Comagine Health (formerly Qualis Health and HealthInsight) is a large national QIN-QIO providing quality improvement and population health consulting to providers and communities across multiple states. It competes with QHA and Mountain Pacific for CMS and CDC contracts targeting rural and underserved populations.
• MetaStar: MetaStar is a Wisconsin-based nonprofit QIO focused on healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, and external quality review. It serves a similar mix of providers (Critical Access Hospitals, nursing homes, FQHCs) and competes for the same federal quality contracts as QHA.
• Telligen: Telligen is a multi-state QIN-QIO delivering healthcare quality improvement, population health, and federal program administration (including CMS and CDC contracts) across Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, and other states—directly comparable to QHA in scope of QI services and federal funding model.
• IPRO: IPRO is a large national QIO and healthcare consulting organization providing quality improvement, utilization review, and external quality review services to providers, payers, and government agencies across many states—a larger peer operating in the same federal QI contract space.
• Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG): HSAG is one of the largest CMS-contracted QIN-QIOs, providing quality improvement, patient safety, and external quality review services across multiple states. It is a broad incumbent peer competing with QHA and Mountain Pacific for major federal QI awards.
• Qsource (atom Alliance): Qsource is a Tennessee-based nonprofit QIN-QIO delivering quality improvement services to nursing homes, hospitals, and community providers across multiple states. It is a direct peer operating with the same CMS QIN-QIO contract model that funds QHA.
• Healthcentric Advisors: Healthcentric Advisors is a New England-based nonprofit QIO providing quality improvement consulting to nursing homes, hospitals, and physician practices, with comparable CMS contract structures, services, and patient safety focus.

Others

• North Dakota Health and Human Services (ND HHS): ND HHS is the primary state contracting partner for QHA's programs (CRC, GWEP, Mental Health First Aid, Strong Roots). It is not a peer in the competitive sense but is a key ecosystem participant whose funding priorities shape QHA's program portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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