UnitedHealth Group Remains Committed to ‘Strategically Critical’ LHC Group Deal
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is still awaiting its pending deal of the home health giant LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) to close. In the […]
Optum
Optum, Red Ventures Reportedly Forming Consumer Health JV
In an under-the-radar move, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has been combining Optum Health assets with Red Ventures’ health care portfolio to create a new consumer […]
Lifespark Taps Former Optum Leader to Lead Company’s ‘Aggressive Growth Goals’
There are several trends in the home-based care industry that are colliding all at once. The baby boomers are getting older, seniors want to age […]
LHC Group Shareholders Give Go Ahead for Sale to UnitedHealth Group
Over 27 million of LHC Group’s (Nasdaq: LHCG) 31 million shareholders participated in a vote Tuesday regarding the company’s pending deal with UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: […]
Greater Good Health Raises $10M for NP-Centered Primary Care Model
What You Should Know: – Greater Good Health, the company redefining value-based care through the first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs) raises […]
Analysis: Seeking Balance in the Hyperactive Mental Health Tech Market
The prevalence of mental and behavioral health conditions has been on the rise in recent decades, further aggravated by the pandemic in the last two […]
UnitedHealth Group ‘Moving at Speed’ in Bringing Together Home-Based Care Capabilities
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is moving toward value-based care at a faster pace than even it originally imagined. And that’s partly because of the success […]
$5.4B LHC Group Deal Creates Home-Based Care Health System for Optum
Last week, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) revealed that it’s buying aging-in-place giant LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the provider with its Optum business. […]
Breaking down Optum’s $6.4 Billion Acquisition of LHC Group
I’m delighted to have a new contributor on THCB today. Blake Madden writes an excellent health care business newsletter called The Healthy Muse, which I […]
Optum Combination Marks New Chapter for LHC Group, New Valuation ‘Floor’ for Home Health Industry
LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) began in 1994 as a single home health agency, co-founded by husband-and-wife duo Keith and Ginger Myers, the provider’s first […]
UHG’s Optum Acquires Home Health Business LHC Group for $5.4B
What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum has agreed to acquire LHC Group, a national patient-focused provider of high-quality in-home health care services […]
UnitedHealth Group Agrees to Buy LHC Group for Over $5 Billion
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has agreed to buy LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG). The deal reportedly values LHC Group at “more than” $5.5 billion. The plan […]
Ease of Access: Applying the “911” Principle Across Healthcare
Mandana Varahrami, Chief Product Officer, CipherHealth The fastest way to access healthcare in the United States isn’t through a primary care physician or urgent care […]
Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform
What You Should Know: – Flume Health, a NYC-based Health-Plan-as-a-Service platform announced today a $30M round of Series A funding led by Optum Ventures with […]
Lynx Launches with $17.5M for API-Connected Healthcare Payments
What You Should Know: – Lynx, a Boston-based API-connected healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce platform announced today that it has emerged from stealth with $17.5M in […]
Equip Raises $58M for Virtual, Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Treatment
What You Should Know: Equip, a provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced a $58M Series B funding round, bringing […]
UnitedHealth Group Hints at Big Home-Based Care Plans
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) was the first health care titan to report its 2021 year-end results, doing so Wednesday morning. The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based company showed […]
These 8 Deals from 2021 Will Shape the Future of Home-Based Care
With all eyes focused on the home, it’s no exaggeration to say there were dozens of blockbuster in-home care acquisitions last year. But while all […]
The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories of 2021
The public health emergency continued to have an impact on home-based care providers in 2021. It didn’t define the year, however. As the top Home […]
Breaking Up is Good to Do
By KIM BELLARD Last week General Electric announced it was breaking itself up. GE is an American icon, part of America’s industrial landscape for the […]
Regulators get it right in Optum-Change case, a proper target for antitrust enforcement
In both word and action, the Biden administration has ushered in an aggressive new era […]
SSM Health, Optum to enhance inpatient, RCM & digital services in new 10-year collaboration
The St. Louis-based health system is collaborating with the UnitedHealth subsidiary to implement technology and processes that focus on improving care quality and reducing costs. […]
Trendspotting with Optum’s Direct-to-Consumer VP: Behavior Change Science in Healthcare
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH It’s interesting enough that Optum’s Vice President for Direct-to-Consumer is not only a serial digital health entrepreneur, but she’s also […]
UnitedHealth Group CEO: Future Growth Will Come from Home-Based Care Investments
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) leaders highlighted key growth drivers for the company during a Thursday morning conference call on Q2 2021 financial results. Execs honed […]
Bassett Healthcare Network outsources IT, RCM operations to Optum
The New York-based rural health system has entered into a collaboration to outsource its IT and revenue cycle management operations to Optum. Further, about 500 […]
Providers, payers & startups are all looking for key pieces to solve the maternal care puzzle
America’s abysmal record on maternal care outcomes and equity has spurred the rise of startups as well as innovative strategies from providers and payers, each […]
With telehealth, pharmacy offerings, Amazon starts to encroach on PBMs
As Amazon starts to roll out its telehealth and pharmacy offerings, most big health systems and insurers don’t yet view it as a threat. But […]
Payers Increasingly Turning to Home-Based Care to Shoulder COVID-19 Costs
Back in 2018, it felt like the health care sector was on the verge of a massive shift, driven by a desire from payers to […]
UnitedHealth’s Optum Reportedly Strikes Deal for Landmark Health
Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has reportedly reached a deal to acquire in-home medical group Landmark Health. Rumors of such a deal […]
Hurdle Secures $5M for Digital Mental Health Platform for People of Color
What You Should Know: – Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle raises $5M in seed funding to accelerate its digital mental health platform for people of color. – […]
Telehealth, online pharmacy key focus for UnitedHealth, leaders say
UnitedHealth’s 2020 revenue jumped by $15 billion from the year before. As the payer gears up for 2021, leaders except to see demand for telehealth […]
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Change Healthcare to combine in $13.5B deal
Optum, a subsidiary of insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, agreed to buy healthcare technology company Change Healthcare for $13.5 billion in cash. The acquisition will add […]
UnitedHealth Group Acquires Change Healthcare to Combine with OptumInsight for $13B
What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group has reached an agreement to acquire Change Healthcare in a deal valued at more than $13 billion, marking […]
Cigna, Humana lead $37.5M investment in Buoy Health
The Boston-based startup developed a symptom checker that can also help navigate users to care in their insurance network. Optum Ventures is also one of […]
Buoy Health Raises $37.5M to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Navigation Platform
What You Should Know: – Buoy Health raises $37.5 million in Series C funding to expand it’s AI-powered healthcare navigation platform, bringing its total raised […]
Healthcare execs going all-in on AI, survey shows
The survey, conducted by Optum, shows that healthcare executives’ confidence in AI is high, and most expect to soon see cost savings from implementing the […]
Report: Modern Revenue Integrity Solutions Driving Payment Performance
What You Should Know: – New Chilmark Research report on revenue integrity in healthcare reveals a transitional market making strides to address the new burdens of modern […]
Lumeon Lands $30M to Expand Care Pathway Management Platform
What You Should Know: – Lumeon, the leader in care pathway orchestration announced it has raised $30M in Series D funding to extend the reach […]
Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020. […]
Ginger Lands $50M to Expand On-Demand Mental Health Support Platform
What You Should Know: – Ginger announces $50 Million in Series D funding to expand access to its on-demand mental healthcare system led by Advance […]
