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Appleton, MN · Health
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From Local Roots to Advanced Healing: Dr. Christopher S. Lilja Celebrates Over 25 Years of Continuous Service in the Twin Cities
St. Paul Chiropractic & Natural Medicine Center proudly announces a landmark milestone as its Founder and CEO, Dr. Christopher S. Lilja, D.C., celebrates over 25 years of continuous, dedicated healthcare service in the Twin Cities. Since launching his initial clinical practice in 2000, Dr. Lilja has spent a quarter of...
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Our Health Care System Is Broken Beyond Repair. We Need Medicare for All.
We are in a health care crisis. Our system of care is beyond dysfunctional, driven by profit, and unable to serve the Americans who are the most vulnerable. In my congressional district, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), the state’s largest safety net hospital, narrowly avoided closure last month after the Minnesota legislature reached a one-time funding deal to bring it back from the brink. That’s a huge relief for thousands of Minnesotans, but it’s just a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.
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Rolling Cancer Screenings Hit Twin Cities Streets, Bringing Hospital Care To The Curb
Cancer screenings are literally pulling up to the curb in the Twin Cities, as Allina Health Cancer Institute rolls out two new mobile units designed to catch cancer earlier and cut out a lot of the hassle that keeps people from getting checked. The health system has paired “Mammo on...
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New study outlines costly steps to control ‘forever chemicals’ in east Twin Cities metro
For years, communities in the east Twin Cities metro have treated their drinking water to remove PFAS, sometimes called "forever chemicals." The water coming from the tap is safe to drink. But the PFAS contamination remains underground, and continues to show up in lakes, streams and groundwater. A new study...
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Century-Old St. Paul Pharmacy Puts New Patients On Hold As PBM Squeeze Bites
Filling prescriptions has become a money-losing proposition at St. Paul Corner Drug, to the point that, earlier this year, the neighborhood pharmacy stopped accepting new prescription customers and started a waitlist instead. The century-old, family-run shop still pushes through hundreds of prescriptions a day, but owner John Hoeschen says razor-thin reimbursements and other middleman practices mean many of those fills lose money. To keep the lights on, the store has put more energy into higher-margin services like vaccine clinics and mail order.
Building Design & Construction
Collaborative success in hospital renovation: Gillette Children's OR upgrade
This blog post was authored by Chan Scholz, AIA, Senior Project Manager, BWBR. For children and families at Gillette Children’s in Saint Paul, Minn., the operating room is where they place their hope in the hands of skilled surgeons, doctors, nurses, and support staff. Recently however, another team has been hard at work in the ORs: Architects, engineers, and construction professionals planning and executing a complete renovation of the spaces where some of the hospital’s most life-changing work takes place.
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Fairview-UnitedHealth Fight Puts Twin Cities Seniors On Coverage Cliff
Thousands of Twin Cities seniors just got a jolt from Fairview Health Services, which is warning that older patients could lose in-network access to its hospitals and clinics if contract talks with UnitedHealthcare fall apart. The Minneapolis-based system says any disruption could begin Jan. 1, 2027, while the insurer is dismissing the alert as a baseless “scare tactic.”
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New Medicaid facility planned in Minnesota
A new recuperative care facility says patients have flooded it with calls since the state dropped thousands of Medicaid providers last week in an effort to root out fraud and avoid losing federal funding. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni offers an inside look at the planned facility in Minneapolis.
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Advocates Question Safety of HERC Incinerator Amid PFAS Concerns and EPA Lawsuit
Contributor Alaysia Lane reports on the renewed debate over the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center in downtown Minneapolis, where environmental advocates are questioning federal pollution standards, raising concerns about PFAS emissions and arguing that residents near the facility, many of them lower-income communities of color, are bearing unequal environmental burdens. A...