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On July 21, 2003, Exante Bank started operating in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a Utah state-chartered industrial loan corporation. It changed its name to OptumHealth Bank in 2008 [16] and to Optum Bank in 2012. In April 2004, UnitedHealth Group acquired Touchpoint Health Plan, a Wisconsin health plan. [17]
Feb. 2014: Optum purchases a majority stake in Audax Health Solutions, a patient engagement [clarification needed] company. Audax is later rebranded as Rally Health. April 2015: Optum acquires MedExpress, an urgent care and preventative services company. [9] July 2015: Catamaran, a pharmacy benefit manager, joins OptumRx. [3]
In 2011, Monarch HealthCare was acquired by Optum, UnitedHealth’s health services division. [20] In February 2013, SCA entered into a joint venture partnership with Memorial Care Medical Foundation and Monarch HealthCare to optimize surgery in Southern California; the partnership now has 9 ASCs. [21]
Some patient portal applications enable patients to register and complete forms online, which can streamline visits to clinics and hospitals. Many portal applications also enable patients to request prescription refills online, order eyeglasses and contact lenses , access medical records , pay bills, review lab results, and schedule medical ...
The Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is a large multi-specialty clinic system located in Greater Houston with its administrative headquarters in Shadow Creek Ranch, Pearland.The clinic system is a major provider of healthcare for NASA and a center for healthcare research.
As of 2023, PBMs managed pharmacy benefits for 275 million Americans and the three largest PBMs in the US, CVS Caremark, Cigna Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx, make up about 80% of the market share covering about 270 million people [4] [5] with a market of almost $600 billion in 2024. [6]
Catamaran Corporation (formerly SXC Health Solutions) is the former name of a company that now operates within UnitedHealth Group's OptumRX division (since July 2015). It sells pharmacy benefit management and medical record keeping services to businesses in the United States [3] and to a broad client portfolio, including health plans and employers. [4]
In July 2018, Witty became CEO of Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group. [22] In November 2019, he was named president of UnitedHealth, in addition to his role as CEO of Optum. [23] From April 2020 to December 2020, Witty took a leave of absence from Optum to assist the World Health Organization in developing a vaccine for COVID-19.