University of Minnesota Moves to Reacquire Teaching Hospital from Fairview

The University of Minnesota is in talks to repurchase its teaching hospital from Fairview Health Services, a move that would allow the university to regain control of its academic medical center. The university sold the hospital to Fairview in 1997, but now aims to buy it back to strengthen its academic and research missions. The potential buyback is part of a broader trend of academic medical centers seeking to regain control of their hospitals from larger health systems.