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About HealthPartners

Through Head + Heart, Together, we make good happen.

Our mission, vision and values

  • Mission: To improve health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients and community.
  • Vision: Health as it could be, affordability as it must be, through relationships built on trust.
  • Values: excellence, compassion, partnership, and integrity

Quick facts about our organization

Our board and leadership

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“We have a strong team of 26,000 people who partner with our patients, members and the community to improve health and well-being for all.”

- Andrea Walsh, President & CEO

Meet our board and leadership

Commitment to those we serve

We are committed to living our values. That means you can expect certain things from each of us.

You can expect us to be your partner and treat you with dignity and respect. You can expect us to listen carefully and give you good, timely information. You can expect us to do our best to provide affordable, coordinated, high-quality care and services that are easy to find and simple to use. You can expect safe, clean spaces. And we will do our very best to earn your trust by being open and honest, and keeping our word.

If we ever fail to live up to our values, please tell us so we can work to make it better.

Code of conduct


Our stories

We are 26,000 people who believe in the power of good. It’s our passion and culture. It’s in our DNA. We use small moments to make our community better.

See how we're making good happen

The history of HealthPartners

HealthPartners, an integrated health care organization providing health care services and health plan financing and administration, was founded in 1957 as a cooperative. It's the largest consumer governed nonprofit health care organization in the nation – serving more than 1.8 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. Our care system includes a multi-specialty group practice of more than 1,800 physicians that serves more than 1.2 million patients. HealthPartners employs over 26,000 people, all working together to deliver the HealthPartners mission.

Learn more about our history


Improving health care

HealthPartners is transforming the delivery of health care and has aligned its mission with the Triple Aim: improving the health of the population, enhancing the patient’s experience, and making health care affordable.

In the community

Health happens outside the doctor’s office, which is why we partner with national and local organizations to improve the health and wellness of
our community.

Research and education

Our Institute is looking for treatments, cures and preventions to common diseases, and also trains more than 700 resident physicians each year.

HealthPartners Institute

Awards & recognition


NCQA award
CMS Health Equity award

Health Equity Award

 
Healthgrades 50 Best logo
Top 15 Health System 2017-2019
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