Mediation Updates

6.10.2026

The University of Minnesota is pleased to have finalized our agreements with University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services, forging a new chapter in our relationship with both organizations and laying important groundwork for improved health and healthcare for Minnesota.

Pending approval by the Board of Regents and the respective partner organizations’ governing groups, these agreements will take effect in 2027. These important agreements were reached through good-faith negotiations and compromise and are a springboard to sustaining and strengthening the University’s resolute commitment to educating tomorrow’s health and healthcare workforce, discovering groundbreaking cures and improving the health of all Minnesotans. 

We are grateful to the Attorney General and mediators for their essential role in achieving this successful outcome. Since the beginning of negotiations, the University has been guided by our commitment to our faculty, learners, patients and the health of all Minnesotans—and to working in good faith to sustain our valued partnerships with University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview. 

The University’s agreements with University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview are a springboard to sustaining and strengthening the University’s commitment to educating tomorrow's health and healthcare workforce, discovering groundbreaking cures and improving the health of all Minnesotans. 

For more than 175 years, the University’s land-grant mission has been to serve the people of our state. These agreements builds on that legacy, ensuring: 

• Support for the University’s Academic and Research Mission: Provides financial mechanisms to help fund the University of Minnesota Medical School and research that leads to lifesaving cures. 
• Strengthened Partnership with University of Minnesota Physicians: Provides stability to University faculty physicians, enabling them to pursue their dual role of caring for patients and training the next generation of health and healthcare professionals in a world-class academic health and learning  environment.
• Clarified Roles and Shared Governance: Clarifies roles, responsibilities and administrative priorities, with the University responsible for ongoing innovation in research and education and a close partnership with University of Minnesota Physicians to enable our physicians to continue to provide high-quality, patient-centered care. Fairview will continue to lead and oversee hospital operations.  
• Investments in Fairview Facilities on the University’s Campus: Commits Fairview to fund much-needed facilities investments, updates, modernization and maintenance. 
• A Foundation for Building Minnesota’s Health Care Future: Creates the opportunity for the University to explore new and innovative ways to sustain and strengthen health and health care in Minnesota. 

These agreements are an important foundation as we continue to educate Minnesota's future healthcare workforce, drive innovation through our Elevate Extraordinary 2030 strategic roadmap, and expand care across the state, particularly in rural areas. We are committed to working collaboratively with University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview to move health and healthcare forward in Minnesota.