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UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is an insurance and managed care company with four main divisions: UnitedHealthcare Employer and Individual – provides health benefit plans and services for large national employers and individuals. UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement – provides health and well-being services to individuals age 65 and older. [76]
Change Healthcare Inc. (known as Emdeon before rebranding in 2015, which followed its acquisition of Change Healthcare) is a provider of revenue and payment cycle management that connects payers, providers, and patients within the U.S. healthcare system. [2]
HIX (Health Insurance eXchange) is emerging as the de facto acronym across state and federal government stakeholders, and the private sector technology and service providers that are helping states build their exchanges. [citation needed] The acronym HIX differentiates this topic from health information exchange, or HIE. [76]
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
WellCare began operations in 1985 in Tampa, Florida as a Medicaid provider for the State of Florida. [3] In 1992, Kiran Patel, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, purchased the company. [4] [5] In 2002, Patel sold it to a New York investment group led by George Soros and Todd Farha. [5] Also in 2002, Todd Farha joined the company as CEO. [6] [7]
HealthMarkets was founded in 1983 by Ronald Jensen under United Insurance Companies, Inc. (UICI) [1] Through its focus on the then-untapped market of self-employed workers, the company was able to grow earnings by more than double between 1984 and 1985.
Shifting from expensive intervention at the end-of-life to more low-cost palliative care, to address healthcare cost concentration among those in the last years of life. Allowing the government to negotiate more forcefully to reduce the costs of prescription drugs , which are roughly twice the cost per-capita in other countries.
The company continued to market health plans under the PacifiCare and SecureHorizons names until 2011, when it changed to the UnitedHealthcare name. [ 9 ] Sponsorship and philanthropy