New Fairview deal provides at least $600M for U of Minnesota health programs

The University of Minnesota has struck a deal with its doctors and Fairview Health Services, one of the state’s largest operators of hospitals and clinics, to fund the U’s medical school and related ...

Minnesota removes 800 Medicaid providers from system in effort to tackle systemic fraud. Here’s how it’ll impact access to care

The state's Department of Human Services says this move will “strengthen the integrity of Minnesota’s Medicaid programs and services." ...
Post Bulletin

Many Minnesota hospital systems spent more on charity care during first full year of screening law

Other factors, such as increasing health care costs and more patients knowing about charity care, could also be contributing ...
MinnPost

As costs rise, Minnesota faces a health care crossroads

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Minnesotans are confronting a hard truth this fall: Health insurance premiums are ...
Star Tribune

UCare to cut 88K from Medicaid health plans amid financial troubles

Financial troubles at UCare will force about 88,000 people to switch Medicaid health plans by September, when the Minneapolis-based HMO will stop providing state-funded coverage in Ramsey County and ...
Washington MonthlyOpinion

Fraud Fight Rule #1: Go After the Big Fish

The DOJ crackdown on fraud at Somali-run social service organizations ignores the biggest fraud scheme based in Minnesota: ...