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Early Snapshot Of 2015 MNsure Premiums Coming Up
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state Commerce Department is preparing to release an early snapshot of 2015 premium rates for policies that will be sold on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, MNsure. The...
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MNsure: Expect An Average Hike Of 4.5 Percent In 2015
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The cost of getting health insurance through MNsure next year is going up — but it will still be among the lowest in the country. Minnesotans who get insurance through the state’s...
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Renewal Costs May Surprise MNsure Customers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans who bought policies on the state’s health insurance exchange are starting to get their first renewal notices, and many could be in for a jolt. Premiums for most of the...
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HealthPartners Will Be Neuroscience Center
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — HealthPartners is planning to build a neuroscience center in St. Paul. The health care organization says it will be constructed near Regions Hospital and will be the largest...
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Good Question: How Do Insurance Companies Decide Who’s In-Network?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Starting next year, thousands of people with HealthPartners insurance will no longer be able to use Walgreens as an in-network pharmacy. Those customers will still be able to go to...
View ArticleEvelyn, William Top Healthpartners’ Most Popular Baby Names In 2017
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Healthpartners announced the most popular names for babies born at their hospitals this year, and the top two are perhaps more traditional than you would expect in 2017. The top...
View ArticleStudy Links Frequent High Doses Of Ibuprofen To Male Infertility
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new medical study links high dosages of the painkiller ibuprofen to male infertility. The study involved 31 men under the age of 35. Some took 1,200 milligrams daily, which is...
View ArticleStudy: Anti-Smoking Program Saved 4,000 Minnesotan Lives
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A statewide tobacco control program has saved more than 4,000 lives and $5 billion in health care and productivity costs, a new Minnesota study reports. Research conducted by...
View ArticleHealthPartners Closing 30 Pharmacies, Mail Order Operation
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota-based HealthPartners says it’s closing 30 retail pharmacies as well as its mail-order pharmacy operation next year. The nonprofit health insurer says about 300 jobs...
View ArticleIt’s That Time Of Year Again, HealthPartners Releases 2019 Top Baby Names
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Amelia and Oliver topped the list as the most popular names of babies born at HealthPartners’ hospitals this past year. Every year, the health group releases a list of the top baby...
View Article1,800 HealthPartners Employees To Vote On Whether To Strike Over ‘Health Care...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – About 1,800 union workers from HealthPartners intend to hold a vote on Thursday to decide whether or not to go on strike over disagreements with management about employee health...
View ArticleHundreds Of Twin Cities Healthcare Workers Voting On Possible Strike
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) — More than 1800 healthcare workers will cast their vote Thursday, deciding if they are willing to strike over failed contract negotiations with Health Partners “We have a lot...
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1,800 Healthcare Workers Plan To Strike On Feb. 19 If No Agreement Made With...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nurses and other healthcare workers in the Twin Cities are once again on the verge of walking a picket line. About 1,800 unionized staff at HealthPartners voted overwhelmingly to...
View ArticleHealth Workers, HealthPartners Back At Negotiation Table Monday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hundreds of Twin Cities health care workers hope to reach a deal with their employers to avoid a strike. HealthPartners and SEIU union leaders were back at the negotiating table...
View ArticleHealthPartners, SEIU Union Reach Tentative Agreement; Strike Called Off
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – HealthPartners and members of the SEIU Healthcare Minnesota union reached a tentative contract agreement early Tuesday morning, avoiding a strike that had been slated to begin...
View ArticleUnion Workers At HealthPartners Approve Tentative Agreement
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Union workers at HealthPartners say they’ve approved a tentative agreement with “a strong majority,” after 15 hours of voting. The deal effects 1,800 workers, including doctors,...
View ArticleWhat Does Coronavirus (COVID-19) Do To Our Bodies?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — According to the Centers for Disease Control, fever, cough and shortness of breath may appear two to 14 days after exposure. Those symptoms can often be confused with a common cold...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: HealthPartners Postpones Elective Surgery, Suspends...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners has announced that they are making changes to scheduled elective surgeries, along with any non-emergency related dental appointments and office visits. The...
View ArticleWhat Is Hydroxychloroquine?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — President Trump has said the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine “could be a game-changer” in the fight against COVID-19. At the same time, some of his scientific advisors,...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: MN Wild Donating Much-Needed Medical Supplies To...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Wild is donating medical supplies to health care workers at HealthPartners this week in response to the industries’ shortage of key supplies. Minnesota Wild team...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: HealthPartners Begins Clinical Trial For Drug To...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners is now testing a drug which could treat severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients. The drug – called CM4620-IE – received fast-track approval from the FDA earlier this...
View ArticleCoronavirus In MN: HealthPartners Waives Cost For All Virtuwell Visits...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners on Thursday announced that it is waiving member costs for all Virtuwell visits through the end of May to provide members with a safe, cost-free option to get care....
View ArticleHealthPartners To Furlough 10% Of Workforce, CEO Takes 40% Pay Cut
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners announced Thursday the organization’s plan to reduce overall compensation for salaried leaders in 2020 to manage financial challenges due to COVID-19. President and...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: HealthPartners On Track To Process 2,000 COVID-19...
Coronavirus: Latest News | Community Resources | COVID-19 Info | Download Our App | CBSN Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners says its labs will be able to process more than 2,000 COVID-19...
View ArticleCoronavirus Updates: Minnesota Approaching 5,000 Daily COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At the HealthPartners clinic along Highway 96, yellow tape and white tents stretch over the parking lot. The elaborate arrangement is designed for efficiency – a way to stage and...
View ArticleWhat’s The Status Of COVID-19 Testing In Minnesota?
Coronavirus: Latest News | Community Resources | COVID-19 Info | Download Our App | CBSN Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For months, we heard there weren’t enough COVID-19 tests to go around. Now,...
View ArticleHealthPartners To Close 7 Clinics, Expand Telemedicine & Drive-Up Testing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners announced Wednesday that it will be closing multiple clinics as health services have evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said seven clinics and two...
View ArticleSartell HealthPartners To Close Permanently
SARTELL, Minn. (AP) — A medical clinic near St. Cloud is set to lay off about 100 workers as it prepares to close its doors. The St. Cloud Times reported Wednesday that the Sartell HealthPartners...
View ArticleHealthPartners Announces Clinical Trials On Oxford University COVID-19 Vaccine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –- HealthPartners announced Wednesday that it is involved in clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University. The trials, which are being led by...
View ArticleAs COVID Vaccine Trials Set To Start In Minnesota, Some Experts Doubt Safe...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The federal government says we could have a COVID-19 vaccine in about eight weeks, but some Minnesotans could get one as soon as Thursday. HealthPartners is doing a local, clinical...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: HealthPartners Stops COVID-19 Vaccine Trials After...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A COVID-19 vaccine about to be tested on Minnesotans is now being investigated for potentially serious side effects. HealthPartners announced last week that Minnesotans could...
View ArticleHow To Rethink Your Social Bubble As COVID Cases Spike
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There’s no question, the past eight months have been downright tough. Many of us long for that happy hour, playdate or Sunday night family dinner again. But medical professionals...
View ArticleHealthPartners Researchers To Study COVID Vaccine Impact On Pregnancy
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota health institute will be studying how the COVID-19 vaccine impacts pregnant women. HealthPartners Institute received $2 million from the CDC to help determine if the...
View ArticleHealthPartners Now Offering Drive-Up COVID-19 Vaccinations
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners opened its first drive-up vaccination site at its headquarters in Bloomington and is prepared to open more drive-up sites as vaccine supply increases. Due to the...
View ArticleCOVID In MN: HealthPartners Announces Method For Digital Proof Of Vaccination...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Anticipating that at least some activities will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, HealthPartners has launched a method to digitally prove vaccination. Patients who receive one...
View ArticleHealthPartners Joins Other Major Providers In Requiring Employees To Get...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners is joining other large health care systems in Minnesota in requiring that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a statement Thursday, the...
View ArticleNew HealthPartners Study Finds Vaccines ‘Highly Effective’, Even Against...
MINNESOTA (WCCO) – The HealthPartners Institute announced the results of two vaccine efficacy studies Friday afternoon, calling them “highly protective” against COVID-19 including the Delta variant....
View ArticleWith COVID Hospitalizations At Year-Long High, Doctors Urge Minnesotans To...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hospitals across the state are making a desperate plea for the public’s help as COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high this year. It’s considered Minnesota’s fourth wave in the...
View ArticleNora, Henry Top HealthPartners’ 2021 List Of Top Baby Names
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners has released its annual list of most popular baby names, and Nora and Henry top the list. The Bloomington-based health care organization said there were more than...
View ArticleMinnesota Study Finds More Evidence Suggesting COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe For...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — New research out of Minnesota is suggesting that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant women and their babies. According to a new study co-authored by researchers at Twin...
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