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 .

Methodist Hospitals foundation appoints new executive director. Methodist Hospitals is pleased to announce the appointment of James R. (Jamie) Mack as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mack brings nearly three decades of leadership in healthcare finance as well as a deep understanding of Methodist Hospitals and the community it serves. Mack joins Methodist from St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago, where he had served as Vice President of Finance since 2016. His extensive financial experience includes senior leadership positions at Sinai Health Systems in Chicago, Pinnacle Hospital in Crown Point and other health care organizations in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. He is an expert in accounting, reimbursement, charge structure, pricing models and pricing strategies in both for-profit and non-profit organizations as well as strategic and reputation development. He is a returning member of Methodist family, having served as Methodist Controller from 1987 to 2006. A native of Northwest Indiana, Jamie also has a deep understanding of The Region and of the communities that Methodist Hospitals serves. "We are gratified that Jamie has returned to the Methodist Family and are confident that he will make important contributions to our goal to remain a successful, independent health system focused solely on Northwest Indiana, and to our mission to provide high quality healthcare to all those in need," said Matt Doyle, Methodist Hospitals President & CEO. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting degree from Ball State University and a Masters in Healthcare Administration, Public Affairs, Health Services Administration from Indiana University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has served as a limited term lecturer at Purdue University and Indiana University. He is a member of the Indiana C.P.A. Society, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Tech Credit Union Board of Directors. Jamie lives in Crown Point, Indiana with his wife. About Methodist Hospitals: Methodist Hospitals is a community-based, not-for-profit health system with two full-service acute care facilities in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, that has been healing Northwest Indiana for more than 100 years. Methodist Hospitals offers a number of award - winning programs, including its Breast Care Center, Cancer Center and Neuroscience and Heart and Vascular Institutes. Its range of services also includes Women & Children's Services, Bariatric Surgery services, Emergency services, Immediate Care Centers, Orthopedics & Spine services, comprehensive Rehabilitation services, Behavioral Health and Home Health services. [Gary, IN, February 9, 2026] Methodist Hospitals is proud to announce it has received nearly $350,000 in second-year funding to support critical services aimed at... Munster, IN - Humane Indiana is proud to announce that Jeanne Robbins, CEO of Munster Steel, Inc., and Taylor Dawson, Marketing Manager at Three Floyds... MERRILLVILLE, Ind. - National Energy Assistance Day on Monday, Feb. 2, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO) is reminding customers who may need financial assistance... Tech Credit Union announces the appointment of Steven A. Minchuk and Randy Palmateer to its Board of Directors, reinforcing the credit union's long-standing commitment to... HAMMOND and WESTVILLE, Ind. - The Purdue University Northwest (PNW) College of Nursing online programs received top national recognitions through U.S. News & World Report's 2026 Best Online Programs... January 13, 2026 (INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Hospital Association (IHA) has named Jim Callaghan, M.D., its board chair for 2026. Callaghan serves as executive vice...