Envision Healthcare claims UnitedHealth Group is forcing physician groups out of network in an effort to recruit them to its subsidiary Optum, according to a May 2 lawsuit focused on Florida-based ...

Advances in completeness and accuracy expected to reduce the number of claims-processing errors and appeals, improve care provider and patient experiences, avoid unnecessary costs Availity will ...

As healthcare providers see patient reimbursement dip and funding trickle, a provider’s ability to submit and collect on insurance claims on the first try is vital to hospital cash-flow. By sharing ...

Optum today launched a new portfolio of technology-enabled business process outsourcing services to help health care payers transform their core administrative operations, reduce costs and adapt to ...

A division at Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group is paying $18 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for hospice patients who were not terminally ill. The payment ...

The Optum division of healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group has filed a lawsuit against former executive David Smith to prevent him from taking trade secrets to the Amazon-Berkshire-J.P. Morgan ...

It’s not often that the American Hospital Association—known for fun lobbying tricks like hiring consultants to create studies showing the benefits of hospital mergers—directly goes after another ...

UnitedHealth Group-owned Optum has sued to block a former executive from working at Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's new healthcare cost-saving venture and potentially sharing trade ...