The University of Minnesota is taking a major step toward buying back its teaching hospital in Minneapolis from Fairview Health Services. In a voice vote, the U regents decided Friday to approve a ...

The University of Minnesota offered $600 million to buy back its massive teaching hospital complex in Minneapolis from Fairview Health Services, but the health system rejected the deal in December ...

The U’s teaching hospital was losing money when the U sold it to Fairview in 1997 for $87.5 million. In 2013, the U floated the idea of acquiring Fairview about the same time Fairview began ...