A new report by UnitedHealthcare found that most seniors expect their quality of life to remain consistent or improve during the coming decade—but many are financially unprepared.
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Capella University said that the proposed marriage amendment will negatively impact local companies’ ability to attract and retain employees; Mayo Clinic, meanwhile, will reportedly not take a position on the proposed amendment.
The settlement includes $263,000, which Mayo has already paid to the government, and an additional $1 million payment.
Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems claims that Chanhassen-based Cardiocom infringed on six of its patents, but Cardiocom denied the allegations.
The company, which was accused of breaking privacy laws and using unethical debt-collection tactics, did not admit to any wrongdoing in its settlement agreement.
U.S. News & World Report ranked five Minnesota hospitals among the best in the nation for at least one of 16 medical specialties—and it ranked Mayo Clinic third on an elite list of only 17 U.S. hospitals that are among the best in at least six specialties.
The state received “strong” or “very strong” ratings in the majority of the 12 primary measures included in the report, resulting in the highest overall score among states.
Health benefits administrator TriWest formally protested the government’s decision to award a $20.5 billion military contract to UnitedHealth Group, but an independent government agency upheld the decision.
UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday announced plans to hire 1,500 employees to staff four Texas locations.
The health insurer will provide a $100 annual credit to individuals who meet four health goals.
Some of the hospital system’s inpatient nursing units will grow and some will shrink as part of a “rebalancing” act that aims to ensure that each shift is at the optimal staffing level—but the reorganization is predicted to result in a net gain of 40 to 50 positions.
The high court determined that the law requiring Americans to obtain health insurance is constitutional, and local health insurance providers seem to have a mostly favorable view of the decision.
Thirty-seven percent of Minnesota’s hospitals received an “A” rating in a national study on hospital safety.
St. Jude Medical claims that a defective device reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month did not have the same flaw as an older line of devices that was recalled last year.
A subsidiary of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group will open a new call center in Colorado this month.
An amended lawsuit includes additional allegations that Accretive Health violated consumer protection and privacy laws, and it includes a long list of sworn statements from hospital patients.
A majority of med-tech leaders surveyed for a study—which was commissioned by two local industry advocacy groups—have an unfavorable impression of their own industry, and many are looking overseas for future investments and job growth.
An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could strike down the 2010 health care reform law—but UnitedHealth Group has pledged to continue to offer some of the law’s provisions regardless of the ruling.