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Healthcare giant Optum has restricted access to an internal AI chatbot used by employees after a security researcher found it ...
Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s national physicians group, dealing a major setback to Steward’s efforts to bolster its finances after ...
UnitedHealth Group and Optum are getting rid of the name of their tech-driven care management company just months after the company faced congressional criticism over the use of its algorithms to ...
Optum is launching a new health plan solution that aims to reduce unnecessary testing and ensure that patients are receiving the screenings that are best for them. The laboratory benefit ...
From layoffs at its clinics to making plans to acquire a home and hospice care provider, here are 10 of Optum’s biggest moves this year: Optum reported that it has seen double-digit growth in ...
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 ...
Healthcare services represented a smaller share of operating income at UnitedHealthcare and Optum parent company UnitedHealth Group and Carelon parent company Elevance Health but the proportion ...
LAS VEGAS—Optum Rx is planning to add up to three biosimilar drugs to its formulary to compete directly with AbbVie's Humira, which accounts for massive pharmacy spend each year. Optum Rx ...
Optum, the health services division at Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, is laying off about 160 workers in New Jersey. The job cuts will take effect in December, according to a regulatory ...
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 ...
Optum Global Solutions (India) in partnership with International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has announced the launch of the first Optum Startup Studio India cohort ...