Fairview Health Services said Wednesday it does not support merging with Duluth’s Essentia Health, a key plank in a University of Minnesota plan to shore up its hospitals and training programs. The ...

Minneapolis-based health system said the sum wouldn’t cover debts; the U then developed proposal with Essentia Health.

The U is looking to create a new nonprofit partnership as its longtime affiliation with Fairview approaches its end.

Fairview Health is rejecting a proposal to join forces with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health to create a new ...

Fairview Health Services has declined the proposed $1 billion merger between Essentia Health and University of Minnesota.

In a letter to employees, Fairview President and CEO James Hereford said they still want “resolution on sale of the academic ...

In the letter, Fairview says they told the University of Minnesota they are open to a partnership between the organizations ...

Leaders from the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health presented a bold, shared healthcare solution for patients and ...

Fairview Health Services told its employees in a Wednesday letter that it does not agree to a proposed merger with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health as part of a new health care ...

Fairview Health Services leaders said they are not interested in joining the merger planned between the University of ...

The University of Minnesota and Essentia said in January they were in early discussions to form a nonprofit entity.

But CEO James Hereford expresses openness to a new partnership, while the U of M publicly discloses merger proposal details.