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Sept. 2019: UnitedHealth Group announces acquisition of Equian, LLC for $3.2 billion. [12] A Payment Integrity Institution that has joined the Optum family. Jan 2021: UnitedHealth Group announces acquisition of Change Healthcare LLC, evaluated to worth $8 billion, in addition to paying off its $5 billion debt for a total of $13 billion. [13]
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational for-profit company specializing in health insurance and health care services based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare , and health care services under the Optum brand, it is the world's ninth-largest company by revenue and the largest health ...
Surgical Care Affiliates was founded in 1982 by Joel Gordon in Nashville, Tennessee.Gordon had previously founded General Care Corp (NYSE: GCE) in 1969, a hospital company that was sold to Hospital Corporation of America (“HCA”) in 1980.
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.
For example, despite the pressures coming with rapid health-care reform, UnitedHealth has substantially increased its dividend over the past two years and now yields 1.3%.
Golfing among U.S. presidents is culturally embedded in the job—even if you come into the White House as a casual player. It's seen as a stress reliever for one of the toughest jobs in the world.
Burke founded UnitedHealth Group and played a significant role in the development of the HMO and Physicians Health Plan (PHP) while he worked at InterStudy, a think tank focused on health care with Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr. [2] [3] [4] Burke took the view that healthcare should be economized and hospital admissions should be limited, sometimes at the protest of doctors.