Optum Rx is shifting its payment models to better meet the needs of pharmacies and consumers, the pharmacy benefit manager announced Thursday. The company said it will shift to a cost-based model ...

Healthcare giant Optum has restricted access to an internal AI chatbot used by employees after a security researcher found it was publicly accessible online, and anyone could access it using only ...

Optum, an arm of health insurance giant UnitedHealth, struck a preliminary deal in March to acquire Stewardship Health for an undisclosed sum. Stewardship, a Steward affiliate, ...

Optum and Express Scripts have said that all the claims against them are without merit. The MDL is In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...

UnitedHealth Group and Optum are getting rid of the name of NaviHealth, their controversial tech-driven care management arm.

Optum will not bid on Steward Health Care’s physician group, Stewardship Health, during the bankrupt health system’s upcoming auction, a Massachusetts state official has confirmed. The news is ...

EVERETT — At least 23,000 Medicaid patients are set to lose care access at more than 30 Optum clinics statewide this fall. Starting Nov. 1, Optum Care Washington — a local branch of the global ...

Epic Pharmacy Network, Inc. (EPN), a Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization representing over 1,000 independent pharmacies across the U.S., has partnered with Optum Rx to pursue a cost ...

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, which employs the most physicians of any company with 70,000 doctors on staff, plans to hire 10,000 more this year. MedExpress offers urgent care in nine states.

1. Optum added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said. He said Optum has nearly 90,000 employed or affiliated physicians and another 40,000 advanced practice ...

Coupled with increased demand for behavioral health services and growth in new patients served, Optum’s profit margin dipped to 6.6%, from 7.3% in last year's second quarter.