The breach of UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare unit continues to affect customers' finances one year later.
In January 2024, 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to Walgreens to fill a prescription for an asthma inhaler. He was told ...
Optum saw 4 million less consumers in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter as the company focuses on a broad strategy centered on integrated, value-based care. "One area that ...
Researchers led by a team at Optum examined claims data on nearly 5.3 million person-years from 2016-19 across 20 different measurements and found that patients in accountable care models were 9% ...
Dr. Amandajo Sanders knew changes were likely when, in 2020, health care colossus Optum purchased the Eugene medical group where she worked. She never suspected that Optum’s reboot of the Oregon ...
A major Lane County health care provider owned by the controversial Optum Inc. is informing an untold number of patients that it will no longer treat them. In letters, Oregon Medical Group is ...
According to reports, U.S. pharmacies are seeing major disruptions following a purported nation-state attack against Change Healthcare, a unit within UnitedHealth’s Optum subsidiary. A ...
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, couldn't pay for his daily inhaler due to the “prohibitively expensive” price increase, but then he died of an asthma attack, per a lawsuit filed by his parents ...
His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are responsible for their son's death. The Schmidtknechts' ...
Its four main segments are UnitedHealthcare, which offers health care coverage to employers, small businesses, and individuals; Optum Health, which provides health care delivery and management ...
Heather Cianfrocco became chief executive officer of Optum in April 2024, after serving in various leadership positions at Optum, including president, CEO of Optum Rx, CEO for Optum’s Health ...