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HealthPartners to build $50.5 million specialty clinic in Woodbury
The project comes as Allina is planning a large hospital building in Minneapolis and Fairview is starting construction on a mental health facility in St. Paul.
Feds say Minnesota must restore Medicaid coverage, pause disenrollments
Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia must improve auto-renewals to see if beneficiaries can maintain health insurance without more paperwork.
Bloomington-based Bright Health's chief operating officer leaving with $2.25M severance
Leadership change comes as company is trying to pivot after the loss of its core health insurance business.
MercyOne, recruited by residents, to end primary care at Albert Lea clinic
A nonprofit group in the southern Minnesota town is talking with other medical groups about continuing the service once the change happens in January.
Minneapolis startup raises $30 million for hospital-at-home technology
The goal with these systems is to help shorten inpatient hospital stays for some patients.
Bright Health owes $380 million in delayed payments to federal government
Bloomington-based health insurance company has entered into a repayment plan with federal regulators.
UnitedHealth Group moves Minnesota headquarters from Minnetonka to Eden Prairie
The health care giant will consolidate its home office at space currently occupied by its Optum division.
After Sanford merger collapse, U of M renews focus on owning teaching hospital
A top official told the Board of Regents that the best way to ensure the U's public mission is with ownership of the medical center in Minneapolis.
Walz's task force on University of Minnesota health programs draws interest of many industry vets
Creation of the task force by Minnesota's governor shows the "salience" of the issue, said Dr. Penny Wheeler, a regent and former Allina executive who is among the applicants.
Life Time limits gym access for Medicare seniors, prioritizing other members
Time restrictions — which the gym said health plans' discounted rates have driven — will apply only to seniors with access through their insurance.