April 11, 2024
Concerns have been raised over the governance of Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS), also known as Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), regarding the current Hennepin Healthcare System board’s investment in nursing salaries and benefits. The medical staff at Hennepin Healthcare System has strongly opposed the allegation.
The story first appeared in an April 2 Star Tribune story in which the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) called for the disbanding of the Hennepin Healthcare System board and for the Hennepin County Board to take over control of HCMC.
Following that story, the physician leaders at HCMC sent a letter to the Hennepin County Board and to media outlets. In the letter signed by all the department heads, they said, “We are alarmed over false representations of our health system which are leading to a call for dissolution of our HHS Governing Board and removal of our CEO. These public outcries and potential actions will threaten the mission and survival of Hennepin Healthcare as a premier academic Level 1 Trauma and safety net.”
The issue has made its way to the Legislature where MNA is pursing legislation to require the Hennepin County board to approve the HCMC budget by a majority vote. It is unclear whether this bill will pass, or what the outcome of that change will have on the functioning of the Hennepin Healthcare System board.
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Some of the nation’s top experts on vaccinations painted a grim picture of the future of immunizations in Minnesota and the United States, at a June 23 online forum hosted by the MMA.
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The latest adverse health events data issued by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) on June 24 showed a small increase in preventable errors.
June 26, 2025
On June 18, the MMA joined nearly 100 other state medical associations and healthcare advocacy groups in a joint letter urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to “immediately reinstate” the previously appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC).