Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. This article is more than 3 years old. UnitedHealth Group’s profits ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Uber Health is partnering with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health ...

Optum Rx, UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy services company, has launched Price Edge, a tool that compares available direct-to-consumer pricing for traditional generic drugs with insurance pricing. The ...

Optum Bank, a part of UnitedHealth Group, administers health accounts and offers electronic payment and processing services for medical care. Launched in 2003 in Salt Lake City, Optum Bank started as ...

Three health systems struck deals to outsource revenue cycle, health IT and other services with Optum in 2023. Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health tapped Optum Jan. 5 to manage its revenue cycle ...

UnitedHealth rolls out AI in Optum Rx to flag pharmacy fraud, billing anomalies and medication risks, aiming to curb cost leakage and improve compliance.

Optum has partnered with accredited online university Capella University on a new educational program designed to address the growing need for skilled, advanced practice nurses. Optum, the health ...

From investing in value-based care to partnering with two health systems, healthcare giant Optum has made some major deals over the course of the past 11 months. Optum purchased Jacksonville Beach, ...

1. Private equity firm TPG is one of the groups vying against UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, to purchase Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC operator Surgery Partners. 2. Optum Services of ...

Starting in 2024, The Everett Clinic and The Polyclinic in Seattle will be known as Optum, the name of the parent company that has owned the Everett Clinic since 2019. Optum made the announcement in ...

Nonprofit senior living provider Ecumen has selected Cyrus Batheja as its next president and CEO. Batheja brings more than 20 years of experience to the ...

As UnitedHealth Group UNH is set to unveil second-quarter earnings on July 29, all eyes are on its dynamic platform, Optum. With a quarter filled with regulatory challenges and margin pressures in the ...