MN lawmakers push for community benefits agreement for Sutter-Allina merger
It's been a year of large healthcare mergers in Minnesota, and some state lawmakers are concerned that it will increase costs for patients.
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It's been a year of large healthcare mergers in Minnesota, and some state lawmakers are concerned that it will increase costs for patients.
Medica announced it will no longer fully cover at-home nursing for families of children who need 24/7 care. Minnesota lawmakers didn't stop the change. The governor didn't either. Here's what happens now.
The fight to protect the most vulnerable children in the state is escalating. Medica announced it will no longer fully cover at-home nursing for families of children who need 24/7 care, saying it is within the law. Lawmakers didn't stop the change. The governor didn't either. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield explains what happens now.
HealthPartners and Essentia Health are set to merge after its respective boards of directors agreed to an affiliation agreement Tuesday, marking the third major consolidation involving Minnesota health systems announced in the last six months.
A potential merger between Allina and Sutter health has concerned community members pushing for patient and worker protections.
A potential merger between Allina and Sutter Health has concerned community members pushing for patient and worker protections. WCCO's Reg Chapman was at their rally in Powderhorn Park today.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a candidate for Minnesota governor, says she'll fight to lower healthcare costs in the state. Hear about her plan and what a spokesperson for her Republican opponent, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, said in response.
Operation Metro Surge took a toll on schools, businesses, restaurants and medical care. Inspire Change Clinic in south Minneapolis responded by changing how it delivered care.
Operation Metro Surge took a toll on schools, businesses, restaurants, and medical care. We're learning how doctors, nurses and clinics had to pivot to reach patients afraid to leave their homes to get care. Ubah Ali has the findings published in a prominent medical journal and the lessons learned.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
More than 100 doctors within the Allina Health system are on strike in Minnesota. The doctors' union called Monday historic, saying it believes it's the first-ever private-sector hospital strike. Jason Rantala shows us what they're asking for.
One hundred fifty doctors with Allina Health began a four-day strike on Monday. Negotiations between Doctors Council SEIU and the healthcare organization have taken more than three years. Jason Rantala reports.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
The roughly 30 remaining Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery in Watertown, many in their 80s and 90s, are developing their 500-acre property into The Village at Harmony Hill — a planned community with up to 700 residences, child care, senior care, commercial space, and a NASA-affiliated STEM center.
A major merger between Minnesota-based North Memorial Health and South Dakota-based Sanford Health was announced Friday morning, and is set to close in a matter of days.
North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale and Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health have entered into a 10-year agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office as part of a merger between the two healthcare systems. John Lauritsen shares what this means for patients.
Hospice nurses who work for Minnesota-based Allina Health have voted to authorize a seven-day unfair labor practice strike, the union representing them said on Monday.
After losing one of the closest House races in the country, Democrat Christina Bohannan is campaigning earlier and deeper into rural Iowa, including counties she did not visit before the 2024 election.
Dozens of Twin Cities hospice workers are walking the picket line Monday in a one-day strike after nearly a year of negotiations for an inaugural union contract.
Minnesota's sweeping fraud crisis took center stage at the State Capitol today. Lawmakers questioned agency leaders who tried to root out fraud by cutting 3,400 service providers from Medicaid programs. WCCO's Conor Wight introduces us to families now caught without care.
This spring the University of St. Thomas celebrated its first cohort of students with bachelor’s degrees in nursing. Out of those 50 ground breakers, two share a very special bond. Kaija and Melija Vijums join Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield on WCCO Sunday Morning at 7 a.m.
Medical services for thousands of vulnerable Minnesotans are in-limbo as the state grapples with the cost of the fraud crisis. More than 3,300 Medicaid service providers are still awaiting approval after increased state screening. Ashley Grams explains how more vetting could force some businesses to choose between their clients' well-being and their own financial survival.
Parents of Minnesota's most vulnerable children say lawmakers let them down, and now they're going to extremes to fight an insurance company that's denying coverage.
Parents of the state's most vulnerable children say lawmakers let them down. Now, they're going to extremes to fight an insurance company that's denying coverage. A WCCO Investigation found private insurers Medica and Health Partners stopped fully covering nursing care. That left families who need registered nurses in their homes around the clock to keep their kids alive, scrambling to find other options. A bill at the state legislature to help never got through. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield shows us desperate parents now taking things to the next level.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz went to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis Wednesday to talk about how the state is going to help the hospital financially.
