Optum

Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group, is a pharmacy benefit manager and care services group operating across 150 countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

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Hospital at-Home Trend Builds as Optum, LHC Join Humana and Others as Care Shifts
Hospital at-Home Trend Builds as Optum, LHC Join Humana and Others as Care Shifts
March 29, 2022  |  Healthcare

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimating an average three-day hospital stay at $30,000 and COVID-19 fears still very much a factor...

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UnitedHealth Signs $5.4B Acquisition Deal for Home Health Biz LHC
UnitedHealth Signs $5.4B Acquisition Deal for Home Health Biz LHC
March 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum health services signed a $5.4 billion acquisition deal for home healthcare business LHC Group, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Optum Defies Post-COVID Slowdown As Digital Basket Of Services Buoys UnitedHealth Results
Optum Defies Post-COVID Slowdown As Digital Basket Of Services Buoys UnitedHealth Results
July 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

Call it healthcare’s digital version of necessity as the mother of invention. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Optum, Medicare Drive Strong UnitedHealthcare Q1 Results
Optum, Medicare Drive Strong UnitedHealthcare Q1 Results
April 15, 2021  |  Earnings

As the first major health insurer to release Q1 results this year, the UnitedHealth Group has set the bar high. Across its Optum and UnitedHealthcare...

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Change Is In The Air: Optum’s Acquisition Signals New Era For Healthcare Payments
Change Is In The Air: Optum’s Acquisition Signals New Era For Healthcare Payments
January 07, 2021  |  Healthcare

In the bid to transform the most paper-laden of verticals, to render an opaque system transparent, 2021 is already shaping up to be a banner...

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UnitedHealth’s Optum Buys Change Healthcare For $13 Billion
UnitedHealth’s Optum Buys Change Healthcare For $13 Billion
January 06, 2021  |  Healthcare

After being bought by UnitedHealth, Change Healthcare will join with OptumInsight to boost software and data analytics, tech-fueled research and revenue cycle management offerings for...

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UnitedHealth Will Pay $3.2B For Payments Co Equian
UnitedHealth Will Pay $3.2B For Payments Co Equian
June 21, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the largest U.S. health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, will purchase healthcare payments company Equian for around $3.2 billion, according to a...

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Insurers Test Blockchain To Manage Provider Data
Insurers Test Blockchain To Manage Provider Data
April 06, 2018  |  News

The blockchain is making inroads into healthcare. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Is Alternative Lending The Answer for SME Cash Flow?
Is Alternative Lending The Answer for SME Cash Flow?
August 27, 2014  |  News

Health care payments are hardly a simple topic, but Idaho providers wanted to make things as easy as possible for their patients. But when a...

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