From new executive appointments to expanded AI tools, here are 10 updates to know on UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, the parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, that Becker’s has reported on in the first six months of 2025:
- Optum launched a new AI marketplace aimed at helping healthcare organizations more easily adopt AI tools.
- An Optum Health cardiology center in Mount Kisco, N.Y., relocated into a new building.
- U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan urged U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to strengthen the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group and Optum.
- Optum launched a new AI-powered revenue cycle platform aimed at reducing administrative burden for health systems through better clinical documentation and coding accuracy.
- Patrick Conway, MD, former CEO of Optum Rx, was named CEO of Optum.
- Optum named Valerie Barckhoff senior vice president of revenue cycle transformation
- In the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, the American Medical Association called on Optum to adopt a more flexible approach to loan repayment for affected physicians.
- A New York congressman requested public comment regarding patients’ experiences with Optum-owned medical clinics in the Hudson Valley region following complaints over care quality and accessibility.
- Optum agreed to acquire infusion network FlexCare Infusion, an ambulatory infusion network based in Oklahoma City.
- Optum saw 4 million less consumers in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter as the company focuses on a broad strategy centered on integrated, value-based care.
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