Minnesota’s Largest Safety Net Hospital Seeks State Rescue Funds

The largest safety net hospital in Minnesota is at risk of closing, with administrators seeking rescue funding from the state to keep the facility’s doors open.

Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis, part of the public Hennepin Healthcare System, operates one of the state’s busiest emergency departments and treats patients who are mostly uninsured or reliant on public insurance like Medicaid.

Deteriorating financial conditions have led officials to warn the hospital could take steps to begin the closure process as early as June without financial assistance. Closing it — or even cutting major services — would severely damage the ...