Minnesota’s Department of Commerce announced a 17% average rate increase for 2027 individual and small group health plans, as the Minnesota Reformer reported.
Minnesota's Department of Human Services launched a Renewal Lookup Tool at mnrenewallookup.com, available through August 31, 2026, letting Medical Assistance enrollees check whether the federal community-engagement requirement will apply to them when it…
The Minnesota Department of Health's Notice of Grant Opportunity for Rural Health Transformation Program grants to rural federally qualified health centers, published March 18, 2026…
Minnesota Community Care's current English discount application, revised August 20, 2025, bases eligibility on family size and income under the federal poverty guidelines.
Native American Community Clinic's 2025 Impact Report, published March 9, 2026, says it served 4,400 patients in 26,000 visits, with 74% identifying as Native American.
Open Cities Health Center says its first pharmacy officially opened inside the Dunlap Clinic on April 6, 2026. The co-located service gives patients access to medications where they receive care.
Open Door Health Center's February newsletter set March 24, 2026 as the service-start date for its Shakopee location in the Scott County Integrated Health Center, and its current operator page confirms the site is open and accepting appointments.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic's Oral Health Task Force says that, beginning April 1, 2026, its dental financial-assistance pilot also covers adults ages 27–64.
Attorney General Keith Ellison joined 24 other attorneys general and two governors in a lawsuit challenging provisions of the June 3 HHS/CMS interim final rule for Medicaid work requirements.
MDH's page, last updated July 13, 2026, lists a Rural Clinical Fellowship for Advanced Practice Providers and Other Clinicians due July 31; rural FQHCs are among the eligible clinical practice settings, and proposed fellowships may last 12–18 months.
Sahan Journal reported that Southside Community Health Services planned to begin forensic sexual-assault exams at its new East Lake Street clinic in summer 2026.
Winona Radio reported that Minnesota DHS told lawmakers it had five months to revalidate more than 5,000 high-risk Medicaid providers, while most states receive up to two years.
Minnesota DHS confirms that MinnesotaCare eligibility ended at the close of December 31, 2025 for adults 18 and older who had not shown an immigration status.
DHS's current implementation page says adults ages 21–64 who do not live with a child under 19, are not pregnant, are not American Indian or Alaska Native, and do not receive MA based on disability must report qualifying work, school, volunteering…
NACHC's current funding page says annual discretionary CHC funding expires September 30, 2026 and mandatory Community Health Center Fund support expires December 31, 2026.
MDH published this Notice of Grant Opportunity on September 26, 2025. The statutory formula allocates funds among eligible FQHCs and look-alikes in proportion to patient discounts reported in UDS, subject to 5% and 30% award bounds.
Minnesota DHS lists the Federally Qualified Health Center Unified Health Network among 25 delivery systems participating in Integrated Health Partnership contracts. Together, the 25 participants serve more than 530,000 Minnesota Health Care Programs members.
MDH's February 27, 2026 report aggregates covered-entity submissions for calendar year 2024. It found at least $1.34 billion in statewide net 340B revenue, likely an undercount by an unknown amount because of office-administered-drug reporting challenges.
AHA News reported that on February 17, 2026, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed a lower-court decision and held that Minnesota's 340B contract-pharmacy law is not preempted by federal law.
In a July 3, 2025 advocacy release issued when the federal bill passed Congress, MNACHC said Minnesota's 17 community health centers served 160,000 patients, including 80,000 Medicaid patients.
The University of Minnesota broke ground in May 2026 on a new Community-University Health Care Center building twice the size of the existing clinic. The FQHC served more than 12,000 patients through more than 53,000 visits in 2025.
This source is dated March 4, 2025, not 2026. It reports that HF1005, as amended, would require DHS to implement higher rates recommended by the state's outpatient-services rate study.
Minnesota's 340B Hospital Protection Bill — which would have blocked drug manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacy arrangements — died in the House before the May 17, 2026 legislative deadline despite Senate passage 42-24.
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