Optum's AI chatbot was found exposed online at a time when the healthcare giant faces scrutiny for its use of AI to allegedly deny patient claims.

UnitedHealth and Optum have a significant interest in helping to build a new coding system, as the firm generates big profits from Medicare Advantage.

UnitedHealth Group and Optum are getting rid of the NaviHealth name as part of a broader rebranding within Optum.

Optum Rx is planning to add up to three biosimilar drugs to its formulary to compete directly with AbbVie's Humira.

Optum also revealed in November it now employs or is affiliated with nearly 90,000 physicians and another 40,000 advanced practice clinicians serving tens of millions of people every year.

Effective immediately and with full implementation by January 2028, Optum Rx will align payment models more closely to the costs pharmacies may face due to manufacturer pricing actions. This ...

Allina Health is hiring Optum to provide IT and bill-collection services in a deal that includes shifting about 2,000 jobs from one company to the other.

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the US, now employs nearly 90,000 physicians and 40,000 advanced practice clinicians, according to Optum Health CEO Amar Desai.

Optum, a healthcare company owned by UnitedHealth Group, is laying off 524 people in multiple locations, many of them at urgent care facilities in Southern California.

Combined, these moves make Optum Rx the first comprehensive, transparent pharmacy services company that passes through savings to its clients and consumers. Supporting Pharmacies Across the U.S.

Optum laying off 364 California healthcare workers, shuttering urgent cares The cuts include 161 telecommuting employees who work outside the state.