FirstSolutions

FirstSolutions is a nationally recognized leader in providing health management services. Our organization was created by people with a vision for high quality service and a focus on personalization. Today, FirstSolutions is known and valued for our service to our customers and commitment to the communities we serve. FirstSolutions was born from the ingenuity and hard work of Two Harbors, Minnesota residents. When the two doctors who ran the local hospital retired, the community was left without a firm health care system in place. The residents organized and purchased the local hospital from the railroad company. They created the Community Health Association (later re-named FirstPlan) in 1944, which became the very first member-owned health cooperative in Minnesota, and third in the nation. The Community Health Association became a successful business model for health management organizations (HMOs) across the country. As the market for HMOs increased, FirstPlan recognized the need to increase its scale. It partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and began administering government-funded health plan options. In 2006, FirstPlan and its care delivery organization, SuperiorHealth Center, which owns and operates two primary care clinics and three pharmacies, united under the new name of FirstSolutions. In 2009, FirstSolutions once again embarked on a bold new journey by exiting the health plan business. Displaying the innovation that has become synonymous with its name, FirstSolutions changed its focus to health management services and a patient-centered approach to care delivery. This new vision is congruent with the organization’s growth and evolution into a broader health care business. FirstSolutions now offers care delivery, case management, utilization management, predictive and chronic disease management, a prenatal program for expecting mothers, and an all encompassing worksite wellness program.