Chief Healthcare Executive February 14, 2025
Ron Southwick

Fairview Health Sciences says it doesn’t want to merge with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health. The university and Essentia say they want to move forward.

The University of Minnesota and Essentia Health say they are looking to create an “all-Minnesota” healthcare system, and they’re hoping Fairview Health Services will be a part of it.

But Fairview says it’s not interested in a merger with Essentia and the university. Fairview says it doesn’t want to combine with the other two institutions, MPR News and the Pioneer Press reported.

Fairview has a healthcare partnership with the University of Minnesota, but that is slated to expire at the end of 2026.

Fairview CEO James Hereford and John Heinmiller, chair of Fairview’s...

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Topics: Health System / Hospital, Mergers & Acquisitions / JV, Provider, Trends
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