A complete guide to lease accounting for healthcare organizations Making a successful transition to the latest lease accounting requirements such as ASC 842, IFRS 16 or GASB 87 can be a complicated ...

The February 2024 cyberattack on Change Healthcare -- a large health claims processor owned by UnitedHealth Group -- hit Christine Meyer, MD's practice in Exton, Pennsylvania hard. The six-physician ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum, a leading information and technology-enabled health services business, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to ...

Vertical integration is all the rage in healthcare these days, with Aetna, Cigna and Humana making notable plays. UnitedHealth formed Optum by combining existing pharmacy and care delivery services ...

Optum, the health services business of UnitedHealth Group, will deploy HealthBI’s practice enablement technology for Medicare Advantage plans. Per the partnership, health insurers and providers will ...

Optum continues its buying spree and has picked up Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a large, multi-specialty group practice based in Houston, Texas, Axios reported Monday. With more than 500 physicians, ...

Four primary care practices in southern New Jersey are being “abruptly” closed by Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s physician practice arm, the Pine Barrens Tribune reported Nov. 20. One of the physicians ...

Optum Medical Care in New York acknowledges issues raised in a report by Rep. Pat Ryan and is working on improvements. Focus areas include provider recruitment and access, faster call center response ...

Big businesses such as hospital systems, insurers, and PE firms are gobbling up medical clinics. Some doctors and industry experts fear corporate owners could prioritize profits ahead of patients. The ...

Hospital and health system leaders may have a difficult time defining Optum — the fastest-growing unit of the largest health insurer in the country — as a competitor or a collaborator. 1. UnitedHealth ...