Allina Health


Allina Health is a nonprofit health care system based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It owns or operates 12 hospitals and more than 90 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Its subsidiary, Allina Medical Transportation, is accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, as well as the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Allina Medical Transportation covers eight regions and over 80 communities providing medical dispatch, 911 pre-arrival instructions, and emergency and non-emergency ambulance service. Allina’s 911 Communications Center provides 911 pre-arrival instructions and medical dispatch services to CentraCare Health EMS, Lakes Region EMS, and HealthPartners Lakeview EMS.

History

In February 2012, Allina Hospitals and Clinics announced it was changing its name to Allina Health.
Allina Health had 29,382 employees in 2018.
In 2020, Allina Health spent less than half of one percent of expenses on charity care, compared to a national average for nonprofit hospitals of around two percent, while avoiding $266 million in federal, state, and local taxes the same year due to its nonprofit status.
On February 9, 2021, a mass shooting and bombing occurred at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, leaving one person dead and four critically injured.
In 2021, Allina Health paid its president $3.5 million in compensation.
In June 2023, The New York Times released an investigative report alleging that Allina refused non-emergency care for some patients with medical debt.
600 Allina Health medical staff at 60 clinics in Minnesota and one clinic in Wisconsin announced they planned to go on a one-day strike in November 2025 over sick leave and safety measures.

Hospitals