No word on how long before “rebranding” may take place with the name yet. Optum has already been in this business to a small degree in Texas and I believe one in Kansas so far. The link below tells you what’s going on there and I think they are up to nine …
Continue ReadingHere’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…
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…
Here we go again. If you haven’t figured this out yet, when you buy a Cigna Health insurance policy you get a two for one with 2 insurers. Cigna provides the insurance benefits and then it’s pharmacy benefit manager, PBM OptumRX (biggest revenue sector subs…
I’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 …
If you haven’t seen this way of outsourcing hospital revenue cycling and employees, here’s the latest from the Optum 360 group. It’s a company owned by both Untied and Dignity Health with Optum/United Healthcare being the controlling party. You could certai…
This should not really come as a big surprise as what hasn’t the pharmacy benefit managment business touched? So what is Patients Who Pay “Cash” When Filling Prescriptions Are Now Called “outliers, Pharmacists Required to Fix outliers as They Show Up As Non …
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. …
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…