The American Medical Association is urging Optum to stop its approach for recouping Change Healthcare cyberattack-related loans and to suspend all claim filing deadlines associated with the resulting ...

Rep. Pat Ryan, D-NY, released survey results showing hundreds of patients of Optum-owned providers faced billing, customer service and care issues.

The massive PBM is pivoting to a cost-based reimbursement model, which it says will reduce variation in how pharmacies are paid. Pharmacy groups say that depends on the specifics of Optum Rx’s plan.

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 ...

Optum Rx announced Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs.

Optum earned $253B in 2024 UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, earned $253 billion in total revenue in 2024 — an 11.7% increase year over year, according to a ...

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.

Here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, the parent company of Deerfield, Ill.-based ASC chain SCA Health, in 2024.

An aging U.S. population is increasing demand for home health care. The Optum-Amedisys merger, with divestitures to VitalCaring, aims to balance growth and competition.

Optum WA cuts care for more than 23K Medicaid patients On Nov. 1, patients in Snohomish County with certain Medicaid plans may need to find new doctors. by Sydney Jackson Thursday, August 29, 2024 ...

Optum, a health care company owned by UnitedHealth Group, is laying off 364 workers in California, many of them at urgent care facilities.

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