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 ...

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

Heather Cianfrocco, an executive vice president at UnitedHealth and former CEO of its health services division Optum, announced she was leaving the company after a 24-year tenure.

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 ...

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 Group issued a $357 billion to $360 billion projected revenue guidance for 2023, driven by growth in its Optum health services arm, according to reports released during the company’s ...

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 ...

Optum Real, a real-time claims system that instantly connects payers and providers, is partnering with Microsoft to speed the ...

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 ...

Optum Care is closing its four primary care offices in South Jersey. The shutdowns are to take effect Dec. 1 at Optum sites in Cherry Hill, Medford, Mount Ephraim and Runnemede. They are part of ...