insurance company industry health care and insurance founded 1957 headquarters bloomington minnesota key people mary brainerd president & chief executive officer website healthpartners.com healthpartners is an integrated nonprofit health care provider and health insurance company located in bloomington minnesota offering care coverage research and education to its members patients and the community . 1 contents 1 history 2 leadership 3 organization 4 clinics and hospitals 5 workplace clinics 6 virtuwell.com 7 awards and recognition 8 cultural competence 9 references history edit healthpartners was founded in 1957 as group health a consumer governed nonprofit health plan with a board of directors made up of its own members and patients . in 1992 group health merged with medcenters health plan and together they formed healthpartners . on january 1 2013 healthpartners merged with park nicollet health services of st. louis park to become the new healthpartners . 2 leadership edit mary brainerd has been the president and chief executive officer since 2002 . 3 donald lewis has been the board chair since 2013 . 4 organization edit the group operates as a nonprofit health care provider 5 serving 1.5 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide . 6 healthpartners says that the cost of medical care for its members is 8 percent lower than the state average and as much as 38 percent lower than the national average . 7 clinics and hospitals edit healthpartners family of care includes the healthpartners park nicollet care group a multispecialty group practice of more than 1 700 physicians representing primary care and 55 medical and surgical specialties serving patients at more than 55 clinic locations and seven hospitals throughout the twin cities and western wisconsin . 8 these locations include more than 55 primary care clinics 22 urgent care clinics 27 in clinic pharmacies 15 eye care centers and 22 dental clinics . 9 workplace clinics edit healthpartners operates on site health clinics for employees of nine different organizations including anoka county minneapolis public schools turck wilson tool international and grede bernick s in st. cloud minn. at wilson tool a company with about 500 workers in white bear lake minnesota health insurance costs have remained virtually flat for three years versus double digit increases before the clinic . 10 11 12 13 14 virtuwell.com edit healthpartners offers virtuwell.com an online clinic with certified medical professionals who can diagnose and treat over 50 health problems eliminating the need for face to face visits for 40 % of patients who use the system . 15 awards and recognition edit u.s. news & world report ncqa rated healthpartners among the top 50 best commercial health plans in the nation for four years in a row 2005 2008 . 16 in 2006 healthpartners received the american medical group association s national acclaim award for excellence in patient care . 17 modern healthcare named healthpartners one of the best places to work in health care . healthpartners is the national benchmark in seven areas in a 2008 report sponsored by the national business coalition on health . 18 healthpartners ranks highest in member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the minnesota wisconsin region according to j.d. power and associates 2008 national health insurance plan study . 19 cultural competence edit in 2011 healthpartners institute for education and research implemented the eban experience program to reduce health disparities among minority populations most notably east african immigrants . 20 references edit about us . retrieved 2 april 2012 . about us . healthpartners.com . retrieved 2015 02 27 . press release . healthpartners.com . 2012 01 24 . retrieved 2015 02 27 . healthpartners board of directors . retrieved 24 june 2015 . hill miriam . co ops suddenly are the talk of health care . the philadelphia inquirer . 18 aug. 2009 . dead link quick facts . retrieved 18 february 2015 . newmarker chris . healthpartners reform plan be more like us . minneapolis st. paul business journal . 29 june 2009 . quick facts . retrieved 18 february 2015 . quick facts . retrieved 24 june 2015 . healthpartners touts workplace clinics health and cost benefits . retrieved 25 september 2015 . employers make room for workplace clinics . retrieved 25 september 2015 . healthpartners press releases . retrieved 25 september 2015 . healthpartners well work clinics . retrieved 25 september 2015 . healthpartners well work map . retrieved 25 september 2015 . online clinic enhances access to and reduces costs of care for minor health problems generates significant time savings and high satisfaction among patients . agency for healthcare research and quality . 2013 11 06 . retrieved 2013 11 06 . healthpartners.com news release . archive.org . acclaim award history . activefamily.net http web.archive.org web 20120407213313 http www.amga.org aboutamga awards acclaim bg acclaim.asp . retrieved june 1 2016 . missing or empty title help dead link http www.allbusiness.com company activities management operations quality control 11730727 1.html . retrieved october 20 2009 . missing or empty title help dead link j.d. power and associates reports healthpartners has highest member . encyclopedia.com . archived from the original on october 11 2012 . cs1 maint unfit url link clinics offer culturally tailored diabetes education and culturally appropriate care to ethiopian patients leading to more engagement better outcomes and reduction of health disparities . agency for healthcare research and quality . 2014 01 29 . retrieved 2014 01 29 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title healthpartners & oldid 744170633 categories companies based in bloomington minnesotahealth maintenance organizationshealth care companies based in minnesotahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2016pages with 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