Medtronic, Inc. CEO: Supreme Court Ruling Won't Stop Health Care Integration

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal by Mark Reilly, Managing Editor

In an interview with CNBC, Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak said the pace of collaboration and integration in the health care industry will continue no matter how the Supreme Court rules on the larger health-reform law.

That's fine, even if it wasn't actually the question, MedCity reports. Maria Bartiromo was asking if Ishrak thought the court was going to uphold the law or not. Pressed, he declined to give an opinion.

He also talks about the sort of jobs Fridley-based Medtronic is adding — surgical technologies, for example.

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