Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday his office reached a settlement with the Mayo Clinic after investigating financial assistance policies.

Mayo Clinic has reached a settlement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office that makes certain patients presumptively eligible for charity care and limits how the health system collects on medical debt.

The health system is now prohibited from suing patients to collect debt outside of "exceptional circumstances."

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office has reached a settlement with the Mayo Clinic that will require changes to the clinic's charity care and debt collection practices.

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison announced Friday that he settled with Mayo Clinic over charity care and debt-collection procedures that allegedly violated its responsibilities as a nonprofit hospital.

Attorney General Keith Ellison says the settlement requires Mayo Clinic to provide charity care to certain presumptively eligible patients and streamline their charity care application process.

The office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has announced his office has obtained a settlement with Mayo Clinic over charity care and debt-collection practices.