Fairview Health Services News

The hospital plans to name the new emergency center for Carl Platou, who was a long-time leader of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services.

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is expected to approve an agreement in which Fairview Health Services would provide $90 million in financial support to the university's medical school over a 10-year period.

Fairview Health Services would contribute $90 million over the next decade to the University of Minnesota's medical school under an agreement being considered this week by the U's Board of Regents.

A bill in the state House of Representatives would block ownership of the University of Minnesota teaching hospitals by an out-of-state entity.

Sanford Health executives listened to legislatures criticize their operation during a hearing with Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson in early April.