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A massive hack of the insurance giant set off a chain of events that has left some doctors’ practices on financial life ...
I was stunned to learn that the Bartell pharmacy at the main campus of Optum Health in Everett will be closing at the end of this month. My colleagues and patients have relied on this valuable ...
Yes, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH is increasingly relying on its Optum business to drive growth and offset challenges ...
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 ...
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Optum Rx is moving to eliminate prior authorizations on dozens of drugs, the UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager said Wednesday, paring back a key pain point for physicians and patients at ...
Meyer would like to see Optum go farther than that and just forgive the loans. "To be fair, I signed an agreement that said this was a loan, but back then nobody knew what the full impact [of the ...
Optum also faced criticism when it began charging Premera and its patients 50% higher rates — the highest in the state — a move that resulted in a lawsuit in King County Superior Court last year.
UnitedHealth and Optum have a significant interest in helping to build a new coding system, as the firm generates big profits from Medicare Advantage.
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 ...
Optum and Express Scripts have said that all the claims against them are without merit. The PBMs in 2023 had sought, unsuccessfully, to get a special master removed from the case after being ...
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. Minneapolis-based Allina announced the 10 ...