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UnitedHealthcare 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]
Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services.
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.
As of 2017, the largest commercial plans were Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Health Care Service Corp, UnitedHealthcare, and Centene Corporation. [27] As of 2017, there were 907 health insurance companies in the United States, [28] although the top 10 account for about 53% of revenue and the top 100 account for 95% of revenue. [29]: 70
Alan B. Miller, who currently serves as the company's Executive Chairman, founded Universal Health Services, Inc. in 1979.Within 18 months of its founding, UHS owned four hospitals and had management contracts with two additional hospitals.
Change Healthcare was established in 2007 and based in Brentwood, Tennessee.The company provided healthcare consumer engagement [clarification needed] and health plan cost transparency tools to health plans and large, self-insured employers, [4] across the United States.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a for-profit multinational healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas, United States.Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, [7] including United Surgical Partners International (USPI), [8] the company operates 65 hospitals and over 450 healthcare facilities. [9]
In the United States, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) is a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs for commercial health plans, self-insured employer plans, Medicare Part D plans, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and state government employee plans.