The long and short of the OptumRX agreement is to allow patients to be able to pick up and fill a prescription in a retail store versus mail order. That in inself tells me that there’s folks who don’t care for mail order services? In addition, Walgreens wi…
Continue ReadingWell if it’s not AARP and United wanting cheap code, or even Verizon, they do it too, here’s another opportunity to knock yourselves out and write some cheap code that will benefit Walgreens. If you don’t win, you don’t get anything here either, but if it’s …
Continue ReadingFirst of all when you see how convenient it is to be able to get a flu shot today compared to just a few years ago, this is great for consumers. What’s not great are the employees who are pounding on your constantly, every time you go in the store “have you …
Continue ReadingWhat can you say when the ONC hired a privacy expert that has worked for a big conglomerate like United to be a privacy expert and has worked on the other side, licensed in California? Is is that slim pickings to where folks can be hired only from one insura…
Continue ReadingYou may or may not have read about the morcellator issues with the potential to spread cancer cells, but it’s been out there and all non vaginal hysterectomies don’t require the use of that tool; however it gave United Healthcare the fuel they needed to cut c…
Continue ReadingOptum Hospice used to be known as Evercare until the last year when United Healthcare subsidiary, Optum rebranded the company. To me a hospice company owned by a health insurance company just doesn’t mix, especially when the same corporation has truckloads o…
Continue ReadingThis 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…
Continue ReadingOk so we have other lawsuits already in place so we add one more here. United is saying they were tricked now into paying high claims costs, but what about their fraud prevention algorithms they sell to help hospitals and providers all across the US? Don’t …
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