HealthPartners environmental stewardship recognized with 13 national awards. Practice Greenhealth, an advocate for sustainability, honors HealthPartners and its 8 hospitals June 25, 2026 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - HealthPartners has received the System for Change award from Practice Greenhealth, the country's leading organization dedication to environmental stewardship in health care, for the 12th consecutive year. The honor is one of 13 awards recognizing the comprehensive sustainability programs implemented throughout HealthPartners and across all eight of its hospitals. The awards highlight a wide range of sustainability efforts, including work to reduce HealthPartners' carbon footprint, implementing smarter purchasing decisions, advancing green building standards, and promoting sustainable food practices. "We're proud to lead the way in environmental stewardship in health care," says Andrea Walsh, HealthPartners President and CEO. "Having a clean and safe environment is essential to helping the members, patients and communities we serve thrive now and in the future." Practice Greenhealth also awarded Circles of Excellence awards to HealthPartners for finishing in the Top 10 in three specific categories - waste reduction, sustainable procurement and green building. Additionally, two HealthPartners hospitals, Methodist Hospital and Regions Hospital, earned the prestigious Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award, Practice Greenhealth's highest honor for hospitals, recognizing facilities that lead the industry in sustainability. All other HealthPartners hospitals received the Greenhealth Leader Award, recognizing them for being in the top 20% of applicants. 2026 Practice Greenhealth awards included: * HealthPartners - Greenhealth System for Change Award; Circles of Excellence in Waste, Sustainable Procurement, and Green Building * Amery Hospital & Clinic - Greenhealth Leader Award * Hudson Hospital & Clinic - Greenhealth Leader Award * Hutchinson Health - Greenhealth Leader Award * Lakeview Hospital - Greenhealth Leader Award * Methodist Hospital - Greenhealth Top 25 Award * Olivia Hospital & Clinic - Greenhealth Leader Award * Regions Hospital - Greenhealth Top 25 Award; Circle of Excellence in Food * Westfields Hospital & Clinic - Greenhealth Leader Award For additional information about HealthPartners' sustainability initiatives, visit healthpartners.com/sustainability. About HealthPartners HealthPartners is a nonprofit organization with a mission of improving health and well-being in partnership with its members, patients and community. An integrated system of care and coverage since its founding in 1957, HealthPartners operates hospitals and clinics, health plans, and a research and education institute. The Minneapolis-based organization serves more than 1.4 million patients in Minnesota and Wisconsin and 1.4 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. For more information, visit healthpartners.com. About Practice Greenhealth Practice Greenhealth is the leading membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, delivering environmental solutions to hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more at practicegreenhealth.org .

HealthPartners announces vice president of scheduling and patient access. Carrie Stobba leads efforts to ensure timely and appropriate access to care across HealthPartners' care group. June 24, 2026 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - HealthPartners today announced that Carrie Stobba has joined the organization as vice president of scheduling and patient access. In her new role, Stobba leads efforts to ensure timely and appropriate access to care across HealthPartners' care group, including primary and specialty care, and hospital-based services. Her work focuses on building simple and predictable systems for patients to get the care they need and want, when and where they want it. "Carrie brings strong experience in making healthcare simpler, more affordable and highly reliable," said Megan Remark, HealthPartners executive vice president and chief operating officer. "She'll help us continue making it easier for patients to access the care they need." Twenty of Stobba's 22 years in healthcare have been in leadership. She returns to the Twin Cities, where she began her career as a physical therapist at North Memorial Health after receiving her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Minnesota. Stobba most recently was vice president of medical group services at Advocate Health in Charlotte, N.C., where she led clinic operations, ambulatory data analytics development, patient experience improvement, integrated call center strategy, electronic health record and operational enhancements, and access strategies. "I'm honored and excited to join HealthPartners," Stobba said. "This team shows its commitment to serving members, patients and our community with every decision. The work of transforming patient access is personal: Being there when people need care is the right thing to do and fundamental to our success as an organization." About HealthPartners HealthPartners is a nonprofit organization with a mission of improving health and well-being in partnership with its members, patients and community. An integrated system of care and coverage since its founding in 1957, HealthPartners operates hospitals and clinics, health plans, and a research and education institute. The Minneapolis-based organization serves more than 1.4 million patients in Minnesota and Wisconsin and 1.4 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. For more information, visit healthpartners.com.