Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth’s Optum unit launched a $250 million investment fund to invest in healthcare-focused startups, Forbes reports. UnitedHealth and Optum executives announced the ...

Optum notable drugs nearing FDA approval include Anaphylm, Sotyktu, and insulin icodec with decisions expected early 2026.

UnitedHealthcare pays providers in its sister company Optum 17% more than it pays non-Optum providers, according to a new study that provides fresh ammunition to critics of vertical integration and of ...

Multiple South Jersey hospital systems launched or continued expansion projects valued at a total of more than $3 billion. Dr. Joseph Hickey expected to end his medical career on a high note in 2025, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A Democratic state assemblymember representing parts of Ulster County wants the state attorney general’s office to investigate a health care company that has been the target of ...

Optum will close nearly two dozen health practices in Monmouth and Ocean counties on Dec. 1 and lay off more than 500 employees statewide, the company said, as part of a plan to cut costs. Optum says ...

Leadership changes are afoot at Optum, with parent company UnitedHealth Group announcing that Dr. Patrick Conway will become CEO of the division. Currently the CEO of Optum Rx, Conway has also held a ...

Optum and HealthBI announced a partnership to help providers better manage risk-based contracts, starting with Medicare Advantage plans. HealthBI software gives clinicians the ability to identify high ...

Ascension Saint Thomas has appointed Jeremy Mercer CEO of its behavioral health hospital.