Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has reached a settlement with Stevens Community Medical Center of Morris, Minnesota that requires SCMC to provide up to $1,412,776.25 in refunds or reductions in medical debt to eligible uninsured patients that received services from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2025. In the settlement, Attorney General Ellison’s office alleges that SCMC improperly calculated the discount it was required to provide to uninsured patients with household incomes under $125,000, in violation of a regulatory agreement between the Attorney General’s office and Minnesota’s nonprofit hospitals and Minnesota law on billing uninsured patients.

“High-quality, affordable healthcare is essential for people to be able to afford their lives and live with dignity and respect. I expect that Minnesota’s nonprofit hospitals will conduct their billing practices in accordance with the law, their charitable mission, and their agreement with this office. I appreciate that SCMC cooperated with our investigation and remedied its actions through this settlement. It reflects my expectation and all Minnesotans’ expectations that Minnesota hospitals honor their end of the bargain when billing uninsured Minnesotans.” – AG Ellison