Unitedhealth

On March 6, 2018, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) reportedly had an interest in the ambulatory services business unit of Envision Healthcare (EVHC) that's available for sale. The private equity firms led by Carlyle Group (CG) and a consortium of Hellman & Friedman, Onex, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are ...

Arming teenagers who have Type 1 diabetes with Fitbits, data and weekly emails from physicians can help them better control blood-glucose levels, according results from a recently published study by Minnesota researchers. The findings, published last month in the journal Pediatric Diabetes, could drive a ...

Ex-pharma executives' next stops tend to be biotechs or venture capital firms or even the government system. But former GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty didn't take any of those paths, instead, he will take over the CEO post at UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy benefits unit, Optum. Even when he headed ...

UnitedHealth Group has dropped its bid to acquire the ambulatory services unit of Envision Healthcare and isn't interested in participating in any deals to scoop up parts or all of the company, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg had previously reported United's interest in the unit which operates Envision's ...

On March 13, 2018, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced that its vice chair and CEO of Optum, Larry C. Renfro, will now be leading the company's enterprise growth efforts and Optum Ventures investment funds. He will be succeeded by Andrew Witty, who was recently the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Blockchain is best known as the underpinning for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but it's also drawing plenty of attention in industries beyond finance – including health care. Among the health care players digging into the much-hyped technology's potential is Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UnitedHealth's policy applies to all facilities, including free-standing emergency departments, that submit ED claims with Level 4 and 5 codes for members of the insurer's commercial plans and Medicare Advantage plans. A December 2017 bulletin published by the insurance company also said the policy ...