Christopher Snowbeck
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Gold rings, sapphires and a Rod Carew baseball card: Minnesota to auction more than 1,000 unclaimed items
Banks turned over the safe deposit box items to the state after searching for five years to find the owner. → Read More
Longtime Mayo administrator dies; he guided facilities, explored clinic's history
Craig Smoldt worked for 50 years at the clinic including eight years on the board of directors. → Read More
Fairview's operating loss grew to $163.6 million in first half of the year; Allina also posts a loss
The two large health systems both saw losses swell during the period partly due to higher labor costs and a lack of space available at transitional centers that is lengthening patients' hospital stays. → Read More
Minnesota COVID levels steady with a few upticks
Cases and hospitalizations are up slightly, but ICU numbers and wastewater data suggest a generally stable picture. → Read More
UnitedHealth Group raises outlook as quarterly profit again tops $5 billion
The Minnetonka-based health care giant beat analyst expectations and boosted its financial forecast for the year. → Read More
Ridgeview adding hospital beds for orthopedic cases to campus in Chaska
Joint venture with Twin Cities Orthopedics follows state approval to reclassify 20 beds previously used for rehabilitation → Read More
Former employees suing Mayo Clinic over COVID-19 vaccine mandate terminations
More than two dozen former workers allege the clinic wrongly denied them religious exemptions. → Read More
Health insurers seek premium increases up to 6% in Minnesota's individual market
The range of proposed changes is lower than what carriers sought last summer for 2022 coverage. → Read More
How surprise medical costs still show up for Minnesotans even after Congress tried to stop them
The federal No Surprises Act provides more protection for consumers, but consumers need to be on guard. → Read More
Labor costs cut into first quarter operating income at Rochester-based Mayo Clinic
Expenses grew faster than revenue due in part to contract labor and temporary premium pay for workers → Read More
FTC says Medtronic must divest subsidiary of device maker it wants to acquire
Medical device manufacturer is trying to buy Intersect NET Inc., a maker of sinus implants, in a $936.2 million deal. → Read More
UnitedHealth Group founder to retire from the board after more than 40 years
Richard Burke launched the company that became UnitedHealth Group and was CEO through 1987. The health care giant is now America's fifth-largest public company. → Read More
Bloomington-based Bright Health fined $1 million in Colorado over operational missteps
The Colorado Division of Insurance said it received more than 100 complaints from consumers and health care providers about the health insurance company. → Read More
UnitedHealth Group paying $5.4B for Louisiana-based home health firm
The deal is the latest example of the company's push into direct patient care in settings outside hospitals. → Read More
Mayo-backed nonprofit Civica Rx plans to make low-cost insulin starting in 2024
The Rochester-based clinic was one of nine founding health systems that helped launch the manufacturer. It plans to sell insulin for a fraction of current prices. → Read More
North Memorial buys Fairview Health's stake in Maple Grove Hospital
The deal came six months after North Memorial's CEO described a "frustratingly slow" effort to agree with Fairview on expansion plans for the hospital. → Read More
MNsure opens special enrollment period for Salvasen Health enrollees in Minnesota
About 550 Minnesotans must find new coverage after buying it from a Texas firm that wasn't licensed to sell health insurance in Minnesota. → Read More
UCare names new CEO amid growth in Minnesota's public health insurance programs
Hilary Marden-Resnik is named chief executive as the Minneapolis-based nonprofit reports record enrollment. → Read More
Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group acquisition of Change Healthcare
The government alleges the proposed $13 billion acquisition would harm competition among health insurers and in the health care technology market. → Read More
How to get a free N95 mask in Minnesota
The federal government's free N95 respirators are arriving in the state. What you need to know. → Read More