M Physicians

What M Physicians does

M Physicians (legal name: University of Minnesota Physicians) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) multi-specialty academic physician practice that operates as the integrated clinical faculty group for the University of Minnesota Medical School. Founded in 2000 and governed by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, it employs 1,200+ physicians and 2,400+ total providers (including advanced practice providers and health professionals) across 13+ owned clinics and 40+ locations throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The organization supports more than 1 million patient visits per year across 90+ specialties and trains more than 70% of doctors currently practicing in Minnesota.

The practice operates a portfolio of specialty centers anchored by historically pioneering programs: the world's first successful Blood and Marrow Transplant program (1968, 8,000+ BMTs performed), the world's largest Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-Transplant (TP-IAT) program (1977, 700+ procedures), the MINCEP Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (the first comprehensive epilepsy center in the United States, founded 1964), a world-leading Natural Killer (NK) cell therapy program, an internationally recognized epidermolysis bullosa treatment program, and a top-ranked radiation oncology center. Underlying clinical infrastructure includes advanced radiation therapy technology (Varian TrueBeam, SBRT, IMRT, IGRT, Gamma Knife) and dedicated specialty programs across oncology, behavioral health, memory care, interventional psychiatry, and first-episode psychosis.

M Physicians generates revenue primarily through patient care services billed across HMO, PPO, and Medicaid payors, with a Community Care financial assistance program supporting patients at or below 275% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. The organization distributes services through owned clinics, dedicated adult and pediatric referral lines, and a network of 47+ health system partnerships, the most significant of which is the November 2025 10-year strategic partnership with Fairview Health Services — entailing $1 billion in new medical center facility investments and $50 million in Medical School mission support — under the M Health Fairview shared care delivery brand. As the Medical School's integrated faculty practice, M Physicians contributes a substantial share of operating revenue back to research and education at the University of Minnesota.

Name

M Physicians

Legal name

University of Minnesota Physicians

Website

https://mphysicians.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

M Physicians (University of Minnesota Physicians) is a non-profit, multi-specialty academic physician practice serving as the integrated clinical faculty group for the University of Minnesota Medical School, employing 1,200+ physicians across 40+ Minnesota locations with 1M+ annual patient visits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Practice

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC), Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs) & Multi-Specialty Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAN)

Keywords

• Academic medical practice
• Multi-specialty physician group
• Primary and specialty care
• Graduate medical education
• Clinical research trials

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from clinical care services provided to patients across 40+ locations including specialty and family medicine clinics. The organization contributes a significant portion of operating revenue to support the University of Minnesota Medical School's research and education priorities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) is a non-profit, multi-specialty academic physician practice providing primary care, specialty care, behavioral health, surgical services, and clinical research across 40+ Minnesota locations. As the integrated clinical practice for the University of Minnesota Medical School, it employs 1,200+ physicians delivering 1M+ patient visits annually across 90+ specialties, while training 70%+ of Minnesota's practicing physicians through residency and fellowship programs.

Product overview

University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) is a premier multi-specialty academic physician practice operating as the integrated clinical practice for the University of Minnesota Medical School. The organization provides a coordinated network of specialty and primary care clinics including Behavioral Health Clinic for Families, Broadway Family Medicine Clinic, Hilger Face Center, Mill City Clinic, Phillips Neighborhood Clinic, Radiation Therapy Center, and multiple St. Louis Park Clinic programs (MINCEP Epilepsy Care, Interventional Psychiatry, Memory Care, Navigate). The practice employs over 1,200 physicians and 2,400 providers across 40+ locations, offering care from family medicine to highly specialized surgical and treatment programs, with a focus on serving the upper Midwest through academic medicine, research, and education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Behavioral Health Clinic for Families A behavioral health clinic offering clinical care programs for mental illness, with services delivered by licensed psychologists and therapists as well as doctoral-level graduate student therapists trained in evidence-based therapies, targeted at families in the St. Louis Park / Twin Cities metro area.
• Broadway Family Medicine Clinic A full-spectrum family medicine clinic serving North Minneapolis for over 40 years, providing primary care, pediatrics, women's health, preventive care, addiction medicine, and behavioral health services, with a residency training partnership with North Memorial Health.
• Hilger Face Center Premier facial plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic offering surgical, non-surgical, and esthetician services including facelifts, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, Mohs reconstruction, and facial rejuvenation, targeted at patients seeking facial plastic surgery in the Twin Cities.
• Mill City Clinic A peaceful urban family medicine clinic in Minneapolis providing comprehensive primary care for children, adults, and seniors, including well-woman and well-child care with holistic treatment approaches.
• Phillips Neighborhood Clinic A free community health clinic providing comprehensive, patient-centered care to uninsured and underinsured patients in Minneapolis, operating Monday and Thursday evenings with specialty services and trained by M Physicians volunteers and students.
• Radiation Therapy Center A top-ranked radiation oncology treatment center offering cutting-edge radiation therapy including Varian TrueBeam, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image Guided Radiation Treatment (IGRT), brachytherapy, and Gamma Knife treatments for cancer care.
• St. Louis Park Clinic MINCEP Epilepsy Care Program A Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers, providing comprehensive seizure diagnosis and treatment including medication management, surgery, and neuromodulation for patients with epilepsy.
• St. Louis Park Clinic Interventional Psychiatry Program A treatment program for treatment-resistant mood disorders and depression offering procedures including ECT, Ketamine, TMS, and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for patients not responding to traditional medication or therapy.
• St. Louis Park Clinic Memory Care Program A memory care and memory disorder program providing diagnosis of memory disorders along with comprehensive evaluation of memory and cognitive function with clinical trial participation opportunities.
• St. Louis Park Clinic Navigate Program A coordinated specialty care program for first-episode psychosis (NAVIGATE) treating individuals ages 15-40 experiencing recent onset psychotic symptoms; the largest program of its kind in Minnesota.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1M+ patient visits per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fairview Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 202510-year strategic partnership for Minnesota's healthcare future. Secures patients' access to University doctors in Fairview hospitals and clinics. Includes minimum $50 million in mission support for Medical School and $1 billion in new investments for University of Minnesota Medical Center. M Physicians designated as sole, premier clinical practice for Medical School.
• M Health FairviewcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2018Expanded partnership creating shared care delivery system combining academic and community medicine. M Health Fairview is the brand for the combined University of Minnesota/Fairview healthcare services.
• Park NicolletminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health system partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• Regions HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health system partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• North Memorial HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health system partnership with Broadway Family Medicine Clinic for residency training program. Partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care.
• Children's MinnesotaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric health system partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• Gillette Children's Specialty HealthcareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialty healthcare partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• TRIA Orthopedic CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrthopedic specialty partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• CentraCare HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health system partnership for providing access to top-tier patient care to communities across the state.
• University of MinnesotacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-specialty group practice for University of Minnesota Medical School. Serves the land grant mission of the University. Physician faculty integrate academics while caring for patients and training residents.
• University of Minnesota Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerM Physicians is the integrated group practice for the Medical School. Contributes significant portion of operating revenue to support Medical School research and education priorities.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Northwestern Medical Group: Academic multi-specialty physician practice of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Same integrated physician group, teaching, and clinical-trial structure, with strong specialty brands in oncology, neurology and cardiology.
• Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System): Academic multi-specialty physician practice tightly integrated with the Perelman School of Medicine. Operates specialty centers of excellence across oncology, neurology and cardiology in a comparable university physician-practice model.
• UCSF Health: Academic multi-specialty physician practice tied to UCSF School of Medicine. Operates the same 'physicians-of-the-medical-school' model with destination programs, NIH-funded research and clinical-training integration comparable to M Physicians.
• Duke Health (Duke University Health System): Academic multi-specialty physician practice integrated with the Duke University School of Medicine. Comparable in operating model, mission mix (care, research, teaching) and destination program profile.
• Stanford Health Care: Academic multi-specialty physician practice affiliated with Stanford School of Medicine. Operates the same academic group-practice model with destination specialty services, NIH-funded research and teaching integration.
• Mass General Brigham: Integrated academic multi-specialty physician practice affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Same structure: physician group practice tightly coupled to medical school, research institute and hospital system with destination specialty programs.
• Mayo Clinic: Multi-specialty academic physician practice headquartered in Minnesota with world-leading destination specialty programs (e.g., transplant, oncology). Operates the same multi-specialty, integrated academic group model as M Physicians and competes for tertiary referrals across the Upper Midwest.
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Academic multi-specialty physician practice aligned with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Directly comparable in clinical-care, research and teaching integration, with destination specialty programs.
• UCLA Health: Academic multi-specialty physician practice affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Provides tertiary/quaternary specialty care, teaching and clinical research in a directly comparable academic group-practice framework.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic: Large national multi-specialty academic physician group with destination specialty programs across cardiology, oncology and transplant. Comparable in model but materially larger scale and geographic reach than M Physicians.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/UMPhysicians
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/university-of-minnesota-physicians
• Instagraminstagram.com/umn.physicians

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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