Christopher Snowbeck

Medtronic recall prompts FDA safety alert after 184 serious injuries

The attorney general’s blessing is seen as the last regulatory hurdle to a deal in which the South Dakota-based system agrees to maintain Robbinsdale hospital for at least a decade.

The family of murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who lived in Maple Grove, thanked prosecutors for holding the accused shooter responsible.

Recently unsealed recordings show how a private hospital board meeting in December 2023 epitomized the frustrations over money and power-sharing at Hennepin Healthcare.

Efforts to address the budget crisis at HCMC stalled for years amid distrust and blame among decisionmakers at Minnesota’s largest safety-net hospital, according to previously private recordings of meetings.

The layoffs this fall will impact workers who have helped with the shift in Medicaid membership to Medica.

The U.K.-based media outlet called decision to dismiss all six counts in the lawsuit a rejection of UnitedHealth’s ‘bullying and intimidation tactics.’

Eden Prairie-based health care giant highlights alleged arbitration abuse. Health care providers say they are winning the cases on their merits.

Demand for more information on prior authorization rules follows a federal watchdog report in June and growing pressure on health insurers grows.

The California-based nonprofit looking to take over Minnesota health system Allina has a reputation of anti-consumer business practices in its home state.