Mayo Clinic closes 6 rural Minnesota clinics, as it consolidates in Rochester & hubs in Mankato, La Crosse & Eau Claire. Convenience is not care close to home but having a broad range of specialists & primary care on one campus. @mollycastlework reports for MPR News. bit.ly/49xdixW #healthpolicy

Citing hospital profitability data from my Colorado Health Market Review 2025, the Denver Post calls on health systems to do more for low-income patients. For more info about the report, see: allanbaumgarten.com/colorado/
To read the editorial, see: www.denverpost.com/2025/12/16/c... #healthpolicy

Colorado hospital systems were strongly profitable in the past 7 years, as reported in my Colorado Health Market Review 2025. allanbaumgarten.com/colorado/ As shown below, the largest systems had combined pre-tax net income of $14.834 billion, peaking in 2021 and their lowest net income in 2022.

UCare, the largest HMO in MN, to cease operations in 2026 & transition remaining enrollees to Medica. According to MN Health Market Review 2025, UCare lost $480.7 million in 2024 and $125.4 million in first half of 2025. allanbaumgarten.com/minnesota/ For coverage of UCare's plans: bit.ly/4pjAi8T

Minnesota Health Market Review 2025 finds: Despite large losses in 2024, Medicaid managed care and other state programs have been profitable for Minnesota health plans. lnkd.in/gSyAR-4V For HMOs, it is their biggest and most profitable line of business. #healthpolicy #Medicaid #managedcare

In MI: M&A, affiliations = 3 large health systems w/ major market power: Corewell (merger of Spectrum and Beaumont); Henry Ford (includes Detroit Ascension hospitals); & UMich, which added Sparrow hospitals & is affiliated w/ My Michigan, that added 3 Ascension hospitals. #Healthpolicy #hospitals

New Texas Health Market Review finds: hospital profitability improved between 2022 and 2023. @Tenet and @HCA are among most profitable systems in state, writes @WillCMaddox www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-b... #healthpolicy #medicaid

Comparing the first six months of 2023 and 2024, enrollment in Medicaid HMOs in Texas dropped by 24.4% and their premium revenues dropped by $4 billion or 20%. #HealthPolicy #Medicaid #ManagedCare

After the Great Unwinding, Michigan #MedicaidHMOs lost a half-million enrollees between June 2023 and June 2024. Revenues, profitability and inpatient utilization rates have also fallen. See this brief, based on Michigan Health Market Review 2024. allanbaumgarten.com/impact-of-me...

In Oregon: state Health Authority gave emergency approval to @UHC acquisition of @CorvallisClinic, whose financial struggles were exacerbated by the @Change_HC cyberattack. ?Oregon health officials give emergency OK to Corvallis Clinic’s acquisition by insurance giant"
From oregonlive.com