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Twin Cities area clinics offer holistic care to women over 65

WEBA new group of medical clinics in the Twin Cities area aims to serve a portion of the population whose health status is so often overlooked that people tend to …

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Health care in Minnesota: The answers get easier with the right …

WEBThere is no sensible reason for U.S. health care costs to be double that of Australia while having worse health care outcomes. We need the ability to plan wisely. …

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HealthPartners building a new Como Clinic in St. Paul

WEBThe health system will build a new structure across the street from the existing Como Clinic, which opened in 1957 and formed the basis for a nonprofit group …

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Fairview, HealthEast plan merger to form Twin Cities biggest …

WEBBased on operating revenue of $3.9 billion for Fairview and $965 million for HealthEast in their 2015 fiscal years, the merged system would be the largest in the …

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New public health insurance could reach 100,000 Minnesotans, …

WEBA public option that competes with Minnesota's private health insurers could entice more than 100,000 people at a cost up to $364 million per year to state taxpayers. …

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A first in Minnesota, Mahnomen hospital shutters inpatient beds …

WEBApril 17, 2024 — 3:44pm. , Mahnomen Health Center. Amid financial shortfalls, Mahnomen Health Center is the first hospital in Minnesota to close inpatient …

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Allow more Minnesotans the 'public option' of MinnesotaCare

WEBThe public option proposal would allow more Minnesotans to buy in to MinnesotaCare starting Jan. 1, 2027. Financing would maximize the use of state …

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Minnesota plan to close state addiction treatment facilities faces …

WEBMinnesota plans to shutter several state treatment facilities for people struggling with addiction and shift dollars, staff and space to increasingly in-demand mental health …

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Fairview clinic responds to post-COVID rise in fatiguing disorder in …

WEBA new M Health Fairview clinic is confronting an exhausting disorder that has afflicted more children since the pandemic and caused alarming spikes in heart rate, …

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Allina pens contract deal sending 2,000 jobs to Optum

WEBAllina Health operates Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Allina Health is hiring Optum to provide IT and bill-collection services in a deal that includes …

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Doctors, nurses speak out against Allina’s closure of intensive care

WEBDoctors, nurses and other Allina Health workers gathered at a park across from Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minn., to protest cuts in pediatric and intensive …

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Hopkins parents charged in 9-year-old daughter's asthma death

WEBA 9-year-old Hopkins girl spent a week in intensive care from an asthma attack that left her brain dead. Now her parents are charged in the girl's death after her dad …

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Cyberattack could cost UnitedHealth Group up to $1.6B this year

WEBUnitedHealth Group expects the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit to cost the company as much as $1.6 billion this year. In a financial report released …

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Two Hennepin Healthcare leaders quit after County Board …

WEBCommissioner Marion Greene was the lone vote against the new limits, saying at the time that the county already has adequate oversight of Hennepin …

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Minneapolis therapy clinic sues over cyberattack at UnitedHealth …

WEBEarlier this month, UnitedHealth Group said 24 class action lawsuits related to the disruption caused by a cyberattack had been filed between March 1 and April 2. A …

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Minneapolis-based Fairview is eliminating 250 jobs, includes layoffs

WEBFairview Health Services is eliminating 250 jobs amid continued economic stress for hospital and clinic operators. Staff were notified of the cuts on Thursday, the …

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After big loss, Allina Health reports signs of financial turnaround

WEBAllina Health is Minnesota's seventh-largest nonprofit group. It runs Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, United Hospital in St. Paul and a large network of …

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Minneapolis-based Launch My Health is partnering with …

WEBOn a trial run of a new workplace wellness benefit run by Launch My Health, a few dozen employees at Minneapolis-based furniture retailer Room & Board were …

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Minnesota takeover of Red Wing nursing home is latest sign of …

WEB65. Minnesota's takeover of the Bay View nursing home in Red Wing last month is an ominous sign to advocates that the state's elder-care system is fraying, …

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Life Time limits gym access for Medicare seniors

WEBCurrently, seniors enrolled in Medicare health insurance plans don't face time limitations and can visit any Life Time club at any time without paying individually. But …

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Stillwater to notify residents of PFAS contamination

WEBMinnesota Department of Health officials found unsafe levels of PFAS contamination in one of Stillwater's eight city wells; the city's engineer said the well has …

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Fosston hospital latest in rural Minnesota to stop delivering babies

WEBEssentia leaders will discuss plans to permanently stop scheduling baby deliveries in Fosston at a Jan. 30 state public hearing. Jeremy Olson is a Pulitzer Prize …

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Minnesota Twins pitchers discuss injury risks, Tommy John surgery

WEBLópez grew up in a league that didn't allow pitchers to throw breaking balls until they were 15 or 16 years old, much later than most youth leagues. He required …

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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter arrested, suspended from college for …

WEBThe daughter of Minnesota Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said Thursday she was suspended from her private liberal arts college in New York for participating in …

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After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, …

WEBThe bills could also cap local sales taxes at 1% and they would have to end after 30 years, which would limit the amount of money a city can raise, especially a city …

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Minnesota Wild stuck with long contracts, injuries, and next year …

WEBApril 18, 2024 — 6:55am. 0. After a season marred by injuries and a decline in production from veteran players, the Wild — and their fans — are looking toward …

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Federal jury finds NJ man guilty of sexually abusing sleeping …

WEBShare. NEWARK, N.J. — A northern New Jersey man was convicted Friday of sexually abusing a woman on a cross-country flight who said she woke up to find his …

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