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Optum Health surge helps power UnitedHealth Group results
Optum's earnings from operations leaped 48% to $3.7 billion during the third quarter, UnitedHealth Group reported.
More than a prescription: Removing barriers so patients can get back to living
See how integrated specialty pharmacy support helped one patient overcome treatment barriers and get back to the moments that matter most.
How Optum, Owensboro Health teamed up to build a virtual nursing program
Kentucky-based Owensboro Health is teaming up with Optum Insight to pair bedside nurses with virtual nurses, freeing up frontline clinicians to dedicate more time to patient care. | Owensboro Health is teaming up with Optum Insight to pair bedside nurses with virtual nurses to free up frontline clinicians to dedicate more time to patient care.
Optum Health CEO pulls back curtain on turnaround
As UnitedHealth Group continues to chart its turnaround from a challenging 2025, the company's top brass is pulling back the curtain on those efforts at its healthcare services unit, Optum Health.< | As UnitedHealth Group continues to chart a turnaround from a challenging 2025, the company's top brass is pulling back the curtain on those efforts at its healthcare services unit, Optum Health.
Optum Health's partnership playbook
Optum Health's deal with TPG for its WellMed Florida clinics offers a potential playbook for its other provider markets like Texas.
‘Ghost employee’ scheme earns former senior director at Optum 3 years in prison
As part of a fake job scam where a friend received a six-figure salary despite doing no work, a former senior director at Optum was found guilty of committing fraud and money laundering.
Ascension to buy Tennessee system Williamson Health in $1B deal
Ascension beat out other offers, including from HCA and Optum, to give Williamson a financial lifeline amid serious challenges facing hospital operators. The deal is expected to be final by 2028 at the latest.
Optum Behavioral Health names chief medical officer
James Polo, MD, will serve as chief medical officer for Optum Behavioral Health, according to a June 22 LinkedIn post. In his role, Dr. Polo focuses on clinical quality and policy, member experience, regulatory strategy, utilization management, affordability, innovation, and population health for various health plans. He will work with UnitedHealthcare, the rest of Optum, […]
Inside Optum Health's push to make AI practical for clinicians
A phased rollout of AI-powered chart summarization is reducing administrative burdens while testing how healthcare organizations can responsibly scale artificial intelligence.
UnitedHealth’s AI push now includes employee tracking
UnitedHealth Group is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence—and tracking whether some employees are actually using it, Bloomberg writes. The health care giant is monitoring AI engagement among some Optum workers, including whether they make at least one daily query using tools such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot. The effort is part of a broader companywide […]
Supporting better health through sustainable weight management
Through Weight Engage, Optum Rx is helping people build healthier habits while supporting better outcomes and greater affordability for employers and patients alike
TPG buys UnitedHealth Group's Optum UK business
It's UNH's latest exit from an international market.
Inside Matt Holt's new health data venture Thoreau
The $30 billion entity, which would roll up five New Mountain Capital portfolio companies, could create a worthy competitor to Optum.
Optum Golf Channel Games: Scottie Scheffler
Watch the reigning World No. 1 and four-time major champion Scottie Scheffler tee it up at the Optum Golf Channel Games on December 17 at 7:00 p.m. ET on USA Network and Golf Channel.