Here’s yet one more subsidiary of the giant insurance/technology behemoth that has been created this year. This is probably du e to the fact that United/Optum just purchased MedExpress, a large chain of clinics across the US. MedExpress by the way unless it…
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First question out of the barrel might be “how can that be”. It’s really not too difficult to figure out. A short while back United Healthcare bought a pharmacy benefit manager named Catamaran, and actually took on $10 billion in debt to acquire them. This…
Continue ReadingI’m starting to see more doctors in Orange County selling out their practices to United Healthcare’s Optum subsidiary. Sometimes when patients go for their next appointment, in addition to see their doctor’s name on the door, it also now says OptumCare. So …
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You read the title correctly as United adds yet one more subsidiary to their almost 400 subsidiary companies. This is indeed marketing that will get more insureed inside one of their networks and of course they are competing with the other insurers as well. …
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This is interesting and it could be due to the 8 month extension given QSSI expiring and maybe HHS/CMS decided not to renew? There could be other reasons as well. Our current head of Medicare, Andy Slavitt was the former CEO of this United Subsidiary and mo…
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If you have never looked at the very complex spider web of the structure of United, you should as so much of the action takes place with subsidiaries that are able to function where a corporate structure cannot; however they all put money to the same bottom l…
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Here’s another purchase, CMS Sanctions Cigna-No More Selling Any New Medicare Advantage Policies Until Algo Problems Denying Medical Coverage and Prescription Denials Are Fixed Helios has some big contracts as well, such as the US Post Office and Southwest A…
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According the filing below, this change took place effective January 1st of this year so as I read this all patient records, documentation, etc. would need some type of update to reflect the new names, policies and coverage. As we all follow data trails toda…
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We all know the home drug infusion business is growing as companies send out technicians and clinical personnel to administer treatments at home versus making a trip to the hospital or to the doctor’s office. This is yet one more subsidiary added to the app…
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This has been a long case and just goes to show you how far back insurers have been using sophisticated and non sophisticated algorithms to cut payment to doctors. I saw this in the early HMO days in California with what we called the “floating patients” on …
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This has been kicking around out there since Whistleblower lawsuits were filed. Initially Humana was the first target and between United and Humana they have the most at stake here because they have most covered by Medicare Advantage Plans. This goes back to…
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