Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison showed exasperation Monday with the University of Minnesota administration, because it has failed to reach a final master agreement with M Physicians.
In the yearslong saga involving negotiations to reach an operating agreement among the U of M, Fairview Health Services, and M Physicians, Ellison appointed a three-person mediation team last year to bring the parties together. Mediation succeeded in getting the parties to face reality, and they reached a 10-year framework agreement that was unveiled Jan. 26.
Ellison heralded that mediation agreement, because he said it would “secure core funding for the University of Minnesota Medical School, continue high-quality patient care for 1.2 million people a year, and ensure continued world-class research and medical education in Minnesota.”…