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Highlights
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Essentia Health has started to inform patients that, due to excessive prior authorization requirements and denial of care, we no longer will serve as an in-network provider for Medicare Advantage plans administered by UnitedHealthcare (UHC) and Humana, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
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Essentia Health is proud to support Second Harvest Northland's Nourish the Northland Capital Campaign with a contribution of $75,000.
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Essentia Health transformed the downtown medical campus in Duluth, MN to bring the highest quality health care to the patients we are privileged to serve.