Healthcare Finance News March 27, 2025
The university is proposing a new nonprofit partnership with Essentia Health, but Fairview Health has criticized the arrangement.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is getting involved in negotiations over a $1 billion academic medicine deal between the University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and Essentia Health, with the entities agreeing to renewed discussions with a strategic facilitator to chart a path forward.
In January, the organizations proposed the formation of a new nonprofit healthcare organization to support Minnesota patients through “expanded and enhanced care.” The integrated care model would alter the state’s clinical ecosystem by bringing together Essentia, a nonprofit rural health system, and the University of Minnesota.
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