The Brief
- Hennepin Healthcare is cutting several programs and 100 workers to close a $50-million budget gap, but is owed medical care debts worth nearly twice that amount.
- UCare owes the health system $115 million but stopped making payments in December when it was taken over by the state due to its own financial woes, according to court transcripts filed Friday.
- Hennepin Healthcare, Fairview, Allina and Mayo Clinic are all arguing to intervene in the state-monitored rehabilitation process which will decide how UCare settles its debts as it winds down and shifts operations to Medica.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Hennepin Healthcare’s budget crisis will likely accelerate because of a $115 million debt that UCare stopped making payments on when it started winding down operations late last year, according to court transcripts.
UCare owes Hennepin Healthcare $115 million
What we know:
Hennepin Healthcare argues its budget crisis will continue to worsen unless UCare starts paying back its debts.
The managed care organization, which is currently being dissolved by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) due to its own financial woes, owes Hennepin Healthcare $115 million.…