Earlier this month, the Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, appointed the former executive of the United Group, Lois Quam, as “strategic facilitator“To find a way to follow for Fairview, the U of M and Essentia Health.
“I promised the AG and Lois Quam not to discuss these questions in public,” said Hereford.

James Hereford is Managing Director of Fairview Health Services. The health system provided this photo in April 2025.
Fairview Health Services is Fourth largest non -profit group in Minnesota With operations such as the Fairview Southdale hospital in Edina, the St. John’s hospital in Maplewood and Ridges Hospital de Burnsville. Fairview and the U market for market services on the market under the M Health Fairview brand.
Last year, Fairview recorded $ 51 million in operating profits on just over $ 8 billion in income, for a margin less than 1%. It was better than the operating loss of the previous year of $ 189 million.
Admissions in hospital went from just under 84,000 in 2023 to almost 90,000 in 2024. At the same time, Fairview treated fewer patients during the “observation” days, a less paid category of care in hospitals where visits are not considered hospital admissions.
Total surgeries increased from 83,163 in 2023 to 85,570 last year. In clinics, the counting of “relative value units”, which is a measure of the intensity of the health services provided to patients, increased by 6%.