I keep getting emails from Healthpartners about participating in a genetics study. Has anyone else done it?
November 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I keep getting emails from Healthpartners about participating in a genetics study. Has anyone else done it?
What a brilliant cost-saving measure by HealthPartners! Remove some of the lowest paid employees in the entire enterprise and replace them with screens that all the sick people coming into this clinic have to touch in common! Genius! What could possibly go wrong?
November 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
What a brilliant cost-saving measure by HealthPartners! Remove some of the lowest paid employees in the entire enterprise and replace them with screens that all the sick people coming into this clinic have to touch in common! Genius! What could possibly go wrong?
Essentia, which HealthPartners is acquiring (merging with?) discontinued gender-affirming care for a teenager that the parent approved. The teen’s mom is suing. How will this work in the merger?
November 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Essentia, which HealthPartners is acquiring (merging with?) discontinued gender-affirming care for a teenager that the parent approved. The teen’s mom is suing. How will this work in the merger?
Nice. Yeah, I was recommended there but they didn't take BCBS. And I got the process rolling with BCBS then HealthPartners with MHealth. Both good surgeons.
November 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Nice. Yeah, I was recommended there but they didn't take BCBS. And I got the process rolling with BCBS then HealthPartners with MHealth. Both good surgeons.
Line is only getting longer. It might start going into the HealthPartners parking lot 😂
Reporting live from the Ramsey County Plato early voting location. We are currently at a one hour wait to vote where I am in line. The line is wrapped around the building.
November 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Line is only getting longer. It might start going into the HealthPartners parking lot 😂
ask me how much time i spent on the healthpartners website trying to figure out where the non-preferred drug list is. [it was a lot and i'm not done]
November 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
ask me how much time i spent on the healthpartners website trying to figure out where the non-preferred drug list is. [it was a lot and i'm not done]
Looking north across St. Paul’s Como Avenue at the site of the new HealthPartners Como Clinic, scheduled to open in September 2027. It’s across the street from the old Como Clinic, built in 1957 by what was then called Group Health.
October 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Looking north across St. Paul’s Como Avenue at the site of the new HealthPartners Como Clinic, scheduled to open in September 2027. It’s across the street from the old Como Clinic, built in 1957 by what was then called Group Health.
Happy #NationalFirstRespondersDay! We're so thankful to emergency personnel for keeping communities safe and healthy with incredible service, care, and dedication. 🚑❤️
📍HealthPartners Hudson Hospital Emergency Department Remodel
📸 Anthony Gilbert © Gaffer Photography
📍HealthPartners Hudson Hospital Emergency Department Remodel
📸 Anthony Gilbert © Gaffer Photography
October 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Happy #NationalFirstRespondersDay! We're so thankful to emergency personnel for keeping communities safe and healthy with incredible service, care, and dedication. 🚑❤️
📍HealthPartners Hudson Hospital Emergency Department Remodel
📸 Anthony Gilbert © Gaffer Photography
📍HealthPartners Hudson Hospital Emergency Department Remodel
📸 Anthony Gilbert © Gaffer Photography
HealthPartners eye checkup was scheduled for this Wednesday. Made the appointment months ago. Just got the dreaded “I’m sorry to say the provider will not be in that day so we need to reschedule.”
October 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
HealthPartners eye checkup was scheduled for this Wednesday. Made the appointment months ago. Just got the dreaded “I’m sorry to say the provider will not be in that day so we need to reschedule.”
My favorite "did you realize human beings were going to have to navigate this" Regions example is actually the specialty centers, which are two entirely identical buildings across the street from each other, 401 and 435 Phalen. (I guess they're now HealthPartners branded but whatever.)
October 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
My favorite "did you realize human beings were going to have to navigate this" Regions example is actually the specialty centers, which are two entirely identical buildings across the street from each other, 401 and 435 Phalen. (I guess they're now HealthPartners branded but whatever.)
Yeah, I "love" the HealthPartners Phalen clinics... when I have to go there and don't know which one it is I've got an appointment at, and the appointment reminders don't give the address.
October 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Yeah, I "love" the HealthPartners Phalen clinics... when I have to go there and don't know which one it is I've got an appointment at, and the appointment reminders don't give the address.
HealthPartners sent me a thank you email today for choosing them as my health insurance. It sounded a little desperate--lots of enumerating all the great services I have access to through them. So I went looking for 2027 rates and saw this.
October 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
HealthPartners sent me a thank you email today for choosing them as my health insurance. It sounded a little desperate--lots of enumerating all the great services I have access to through them. So I went looking for 2027 rates and saw this.
Sounds like what we had to do at HealthPartners. It was not a system that was conducive to any level of perceived joy. Family vacation and no seniority? That’s a big fat nope for the next 10 years.
October 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Sounds like what we had to do at HealthPartners. It was not a system that was conducive to any level of perceived joy. Family vacation and no seniority? That’s a big fat nope for the next 10 years.
HealthPartners "gives" you $400 with one hand and takes away $4000 with the other. Medicare Advantage is PURE. EVIL.
But liberal radio takes their ads..
But liberal radio takes their ads..
October 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
HealthPartners "gives" you $400 with one hand and takes away $4000 with the other. Medicare Advantage is PURE. EVIL.
But liberal radio takes their ads..
But liberal radio takes their ads..
Hard choices and fewer options loom for nearly 390,000 Minnesotans this month as health plans pull back on Medicare Advantage coverage for 2027. HealthPartners, UnitedHealthcare, Medica, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota are among the insurers cutting or altering their offerings.
As Medicare Advantage plans disappear across Minnesota, seniors face difficult choices
Nearly 390,000 Minnesotans received notices this month that their Medicare Advantage plans would be discontinued next year, leading them to reconsider their coverage.
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October 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Hard choices and fewer options loom for nearly 390,000 Minnesotans this month as health plans pull back on Medicare Advantage coverage for 2027. HealthPartners, UnitedHealthcare, Medica, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota are among the insurers cutting or altering their offerings.
Healthpartners in Minnesota selling off their pension plans and forcing them closed is a way to take all liabilities off their books to make themselves look tasty to private equity.
October 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Healthpartners in Minnesota selling off their pension plans and forcing them closed is a way to take all liabilities off their books to make themselves look tasty to private equity.
MINNESOTA'S HOSPITAL MERGER WAVE
Our editorial examines medical debt and calls for enforceable patient protections as major health systems consolidate.
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Our editorial examines medical debt and calls for enforceable patient protections as major health systems consolidate.
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#MinneapoliMedia #TuesdayEditorial #MinnesotaHealthcare #HospitalMergers #MedicalDebt #PatientRights
MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | Minnesota’s Hospital Merger Wave Must Answer to Patients Already Drowning in Medical Debt | MinneapoliMedia
MinneapoliMedia calls for strict oversight of the HealthPartners-Essentia merger, demanding protections against medical debt, rising costs and service cuts.
minneapolimedia.town.news
October 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
MINNESOTA'S HOSPITAL MERGER WAVE
Our editorial examines medical debt and calls for enforceable patient protections as major health systems consolidate.
minneapolimedia.town.news/g/coon-rapid...
#MinneapoliMedia #TuesdayEditorial #MinnesotaHealthcare #HospitalMergers #MedicalDebt #PatientRights
Our editorial examines medical debt and calls for enforceable patient protections as major health systems consolidate.
minneapolimedia.town.news/g/coon-rapid...
#MinneapoliMedia #TuesdayEditorial #MinnesotaHealthcare #HospitalMergers #MedicalDebt #PatientRights
HealthPartners and Essentia Health today announced that their boards of directors have approved an affiliation agreement to combine their organizations.
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#MED #HealthPartners #EssentiaHealth #HealthSystemMerger
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October 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
HealthPartners and Essentia Health today announced that their boards of directors have approved an affiliation agreement to combine their organizations.
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#MED #HealthPartners #EssentiaHealth #HealthSystemMerger
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Here's the news in case anyone in MN is unaware: www.startribune.com/blue-cross-m...
The new, reduced menu of plans comes with much error higher costs and people are not being automatically rolled into replacements plans, leaving 300k+ seniors potentially uninsured.
The new, reduced menu of plans comes with much error higher costs and people are not being automatically rolled into replacements plans, leaving 300k+ seniors potentially uninsured.
Blue Cross and other insurers eliminate Medicare plans for 320K Minnesotans
HealthPartners, Medica and UnitedHealthcare are also overhauling their plans for 2027 amid a tumultuous Medicare Advantage market.
www.startribune.com
October 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Here's the news in case anyone in MN is unaware: www.startribune.com/blue-cross-m...
The new, reduced menu of plans comes with much error higher costs and people are not being automatically rolled into replacements plans, leaving 300k+ seniors potentially uninsured.
The new, reduced menu of plans comes with much error higher costs and people are not being automatically rolled into replacements plans, leaving 300k+ seniors potentially uninsured.
I had a primary care appointment a couple of weeks ago and got flu & COVID with no issue at all (I'm on Medicaid, this was at a HealthPartners clinic). Usually I get vaccinated in the parking lot at St. Paul Corner Drug & they've been great. Lots of info here: www.stpaulcornerdrug.com/vaccination
October 8, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I had a primary care appointment a couple of weeks ago and got flu & COVID with no issue at all (I'm on Medicaid, this was at a HealthPartners clinic). Usually I get vaccinated in the parking lot at St. Paul Corner Drug & they've been great. Lots of info here: www.stpaulcornerdrug.com/vaccination
I lived through the dawn of these changes when St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, now Regions Hospital, merged with HealthPartners in the 1990s. I worked for the hospital's communication office and was one of the few who knew the merger was coming.
A cluster of three major health system mergers in Minnesota this year reflect urgency among providers to grow and generate efficiencies that shield them from looming federal cutbacks.
Minnesota hospitals chase strength through size
A cluster of three major health system mergers in Minnesota this year reflect urgency among providers to grow and generate efficiencies that shield them from looming federal cutbacks.
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October 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I lived through the dawn of these changes when St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, now Regions Hospital, merged with HealthPartners in the 1990s. I worked for the hospital's communication office and was one of the few who knew the merger was coming.
The now defunct HealthPartners clinic on Riverside had some excellent meeting rooms in it's lower level and the foyer outside the rooms had a small counter space with that terrazo. I wonder if it's still there...
October 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The now defunct HealthPartners clinic on Riverside had some excellent meeting rooms in it's lower level and the foyer outside the rooms had a small counter space with that terrazo. I wonder if it's still there...
He practices at HealthPartners’ international clinic in Midway and loves the range of patients he gets here (for the same reason I love coming here). Today as is often the case I believe I was the only native English speaker in the waiting room.
October 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
He practices at HealthPartners’ international clinic in Midway and loves the range of patients he gets here (for the same reason I love coming here). Today as is often the case I believe I was the only native English speaker in the waiting room.