Fairview Health Services and Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealthcare have reached a multi-year agreement that keeps the Minneapolis health system in the insurer’s network through 2028, avoiding a significant disruption in access to care for about 125,000 people who get insurance through their employers
Here are the impacts on patients who use Fairview providers.
- UnitedHealthcare plans — commercial and Medicare Advantage — remain in network.
- Patients can continue seeing Fairview providers in 2026.
- Appointments already scheduled for 2026 will proceed as planned.
- No insurance plan changes are needed to stay in network.
- Emergency care remains available to all patients, regardless of insurance.
Neither side released details on how they settled their differences.
On Tuesday, Fairview posted an online message for patients announcing the contract. UnitedHealthcare thanked patients for their patience in a website posting.