Minnesota AG losing patience with U of M on Fairview, physician negotiations

Minnesota AG losing patience with U of M on Fairview, physician negotiations

As U spends more than $23 million on outside advisers, attorney general cites university push with consultants for “new control measures” in relationship with Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians.

Ellison Calls Out U of M for Failure to Meet a Physicians’ Deal Deadline

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison showed exasperation Monday with the University of Minnesota administration, because it has failed to reach a final master agreement with M Physicians. In the yearslong saga involving negotiations to reach an operating agreement among the U of M, Fairview Health Services, and M Physicians, Ellison appointed a three-person mediation team last year to bring the parties together. Mediation succeeded in gettin…