The potential closure of Hennepin Healthcare’s HCMC has driven headlines about hospital closures and what they would mean for Minnesotans – but this isn’t a one-hospital issue. Across the state, hospitals are being forced to cut service lines to avoid shutting their doors, and some hospitals are at risk of closure altogether.
- Nearly a quarter of Minnesota’s hospitals meet the state’s formal financial distress criteria.
- Hospitals across the state have been forced to close nineteen labor and delivery programs, forcing mothers to scramble for care.
These hospitals are sounding the alarm across the state:
- Rural hospitals face a compounding crisis of Medicaid underfunding, a Medicare billing failure freezing payments — which could close Onamia’s only hospital.
MHA is calling on policymakers to protect 340B, establish a statewide funding source to ensure continuity of care for every Minnesotan by supporting hospitals, address chronic Medicaid underfunding, and oppose federal reconciliation cuts.
