Jeremy Mercer was named CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., according to a hospital news release cited by the Nashville Business Journal. Mr. Mercer joined ...

Optum Ventures backs oncology AI startup Risa Labs in an $11.1M Series A to accelerate AI platform deployment in U.S. cancer care settings.

Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s national physicians group, dealing a major setback to Steward’s efforts to bolster its finances after filing ...

Multiple South Jersey hospital systems launched or continued expansion projects valued at a total of more than $3 billion. Dr ...

The home health bidding wars are heating up as UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit is making a big play for home health and hospice firm Amedisys. Just one month ago, Amedisys agreed to be bought by ...

Optum is launching a new health plan solution that aims to reduce unnecessary testing and ensure that patients are receiving the screenings that are best for them. The laboratory benefit management ...

U.S. private equity firm TPG is close to acquiring UnitedHealth's Optum UK business, in a deal worth between 1.2 billion ...

Optum and Change Healthcare have agreed to combine, uniting two of the nation's largest technology and service companies. The agreement is expected to close in the second half of 2021, with Optum ...

Optum is debuting an offering it hopes will streamline the process for patients seeking durable medical equipment, speeding delivery of DME while making headway on health outcomes and cost reduction.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. UnitedHealth Group’s Optum business is paying more than $13 billion for ...