Building compromise in Minn. Hospital fight spurs talk of reviewing construction rules.(hospital construction rules)

Modern Healthcare, March, 2006 by Evans, Melanie

Byline: Melanie Evans

Fierce competition among five Twin Cities health systems vying to build a suburban hospital ended last week with two winners and gave fuel to critics who say Minnesota must revamp its hospital construction process.

North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale, and Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, won approval March 20 from Minnesota's Senate for a joint bid to build an 80- to 120-bed hospital in Maple Grove, a fast-growing Minneapolis suburb.

The Senate's 50-15 vote followed a lopsided 118-8 vote in the House four days earlier that awarded construction rights to the joint North Memorial-Fairview over a trio of competitors known as the Tri-Care Partnership: Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis; Park Nicollet Health...

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