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Mobile clinic brings care to the community
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Pap smears and HPV immunizations have become fundamental elements of preventive care for women.
The WellMed Bridges palliative care program
Patients with serious illness should not have to choose between curative and palliative treatment. That is the theory behind the WellMed Bridges program.
Connected care
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Using advanced data science to predict disease
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Supporting mission-critical programs for federal health agencies
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Identifying overpayments after a claim has been paid is a core component of payment integrity.
Symmetry EBM Connect white paper
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Symmetry Oncology Analytics
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Connect your patients to funds and support with FundFinder
Help your patients afford their medications and connect to funds from charitable organizations with FundFinder.
New symmetry oncology analytics
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Visualizing fraud, waste and abuse
Graph analytics and machine learning drive the future of program integrity.
Value-based insurance and network design
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Member experience and the path to 4+ Stars performance
Focus on member experience to impact 2023 Star Ratings.
Moving toward preemptive kidney transplants
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Tools for coping with depression
If you feel you’re struggling with depression, these tools are a starting point to help.
Kidney Disease Care: A Comprehensive Approach
Find out how an integrated approach produces better outcomes for renal disease — a common, complex and costly condition.
Automate fraud, waste and abuse
Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) can help federal agencies improve program integrity, cut costs and deter fraud.
Specialty Pharmacy 101
Specialty pharmacies deliver high-touch services to help patients stay adherent to treatment plans and live healthier lives.
The customer experience trap
Learn why consumer loyalty is decreasing while innovation in customer experience is increasing.
Flexing seniors’ brains and social muscles
Medicare Advantage plans can differentiate supplementary programs by addressing cognitive health and social interaction.
Increasing at-home dialysis for ESRD patients | Optum
See why home-dialysis patients tend to fare better than in-clinic patients, and how patient-centric kidney care management helps them make informed choices.
Quick-reference oncology drug guide
This interactive guide makes it easy for prescribers to find the drug information they need to get patients started on their therapy.
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New diabetes medication recommender app
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Case study 1: High-dollar claim savings
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C-suite Check-In: The Health Care Workforce Crisis
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DRG outlier identified, resulting in $600,000 savings.
Improve Medicaid risk adjustment accuracy
Explore Medicaid best practices for health plans, and learn three actions to take and when to take them.
The 11 things life sciences leaders need to know
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Care of the clinician
A 2017 JAMA study showed that 45% of doctors feel at least one symptom of burnout.
Actualizing high-quality coordinated cancer care
The recently launched Cancer Center in Las Vegas incorporates IOM recommendations, delivering high-quality cancer care for better patient outcomes.
How to help patients prevent long-term cognitive complications
Despite the complexity of concussion, primary care providers are in a unique position to give life-altering advice to their patients.
Digital medicine that delights
Dr. Sonia Samagh from the Center for Digital Health is hard at work bringing the many digital tools available into an environment that becomes our “way of being” rather than another tool in the toolkit.
Building resilience: Mental health lessons from COVID-19
COVID-19 has negatively affected many people's mental health, but will anything good come out of it?
Research report — C-suite check-in: Leading through disruption
We surveyed over 150 C-suite leaders on the state of health care. This report uncovers priorities and challenges across the industry.
The path to techquity
New research explores how to advance health equity through intentional, inclusive design and deployment of technology in health care.
Viewpoints on the 2024 CMS Advance Notice
In this webinar, health plans will hear Optum viewpoints on the proposed CMS changes and how they may affect your MA plan. Be prepared now.
Accelerate drug development with clinicogenomic RWE
Optum, Novartis and GuardantINFORM experts discuss the ever-increasing importance of clinicogenomic data during this Endpoints News webinar.
Achieving Growth Through Technology: Part 2
Antiracism and inclusion
Optum saw the value in a project for a community cohort, Leadership for Racial Equity, and quickly worked to create a national strategy.
The HouseCalls difference: Kim's story
Kim, a HouseCalls advanced clinician practitioner, believes a good day is when she’s helped someone. Watch the video to see her story.
The Impact of In-home Health Assessments
Learn about the benefits of HouseCalls assessments with these 5 fast facts.
Thrive or crumble: Partnerships are a new area of growth
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"No regret" IT investments for health systems
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How to Respond to COVID-19 Disparities in Health Care | Optum
In this Optum Serve issue brief, data and analytics show why health disparities occur and how to address them to drive better outcomes across all populations.
Teaming up with task force movement
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Grow with physician and consumer-driven insights
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Maximize Recoveries with Subrogation
Identify, investigate and recover medical and disability payments related to accidents.
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Watch: OLS Data Leaders at STAT Summit
Break down common missteps when using RWD and create practical strategies to overcome them.
Enabling Success for the Health Plan Ecosystem
Optum has a complete portfolio of assets designed to enable health plans to make meaningful strides toward achieving their goals.
5 ways to improve employee well-being engagement
Discover 5 critical factors to ensure employees take advantage of your well-being offerings and engage with your wellness programs.
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Health plan solutions designed to lower the cost of care
Tour our ecosystem of capabilities designed to tackle broad-based health plan challenges.
Bring your wellness strategy to life for employees
Discover how partnering with a health promotion specialist can help you unlock creative ways to engage your employees with wellness programs and initiatives.
Tackling the youth mental health crisis
A board-certified adult, child and adolescent, and addiction psychiatrist discusses how to connect children and families to needed behavioral health solutions.
The fight for techquity
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2022 International Wellness in the Workplace Study
Optum surveyed large employers around the world to better understand current health and well-being strategies and practices. Explore findings from our survey.
Building a connected care model
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Pharmacy Insights Podcast
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Social Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes
This study analyzes how social determinants of health (SDOH) variables impact the incidence and progression of Type 2 diabetes.
Support for substance use disorders
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Keeping your data secure is mission critical
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3 new drugs to watch this fall
As the year begins to close, we highlight three essential pipeline drugs with an expected U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision this fall.
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Digital equity across the health care system
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3 ways to deal with escalating drug costs
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The financial case for connected care
Get thought starters for assessing how a connected care model can strengthen your financial position.
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2022 Analytics and AI survey from Advisory Board Research
ABR surveyed 250 strategy and analytics leaders.
Can automation cure workforce challenges?
Rethink how to support workers, while simplifying and improving care.
How has the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped work?
We surveyed large employers around the world to understand health and well-being strategies and practices. Find out what they said about offices and schedules.
PMSA Webinar: Avoiding common RWD pitfalls
Optum experts give a snapshot of commonly encountered pitfalls when using RWD and recommendations to help avoid them in this PMSA webinar.
Moving to lower-cost electronic payments
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Success stories in connected care
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Caring for clinicians: From burnout to wellness
CEO of Optum Care Solutions Dr. Patrick Conway explores how to move beyond burnout and focus on clinician wellness.
Intelligent Automation Benefits for Health Plans | Optum
See how IA increases the throughput of the retro case developer process, reducing processing time and freeing resources for other high-value tasks.
Four myths: Carving out specialty pharmacy
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Smart formulary management
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Gaining maximum benefit from your revenue cycle strategy
Learn how innovation can help you achieve financial resiliency and stay competitive in today’s market.
A System-Wide Look at Improving Specialty Care
Condition-specific clinical expertise and capabilities necessary for managing complex diseases
Sleep treatment across the ages
Combining real-world data and primary research helps us better understand insomnia.
Optum Dynamic Assessment of Pregnancies and Infants
Assess the impact of medication use during pregnancy and the impact on infant health.
Why equity in women’s health demands an integrated approach
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Enhance R&Q data acquisition with AI and NLP
Learn how digital clinical data, AI and NLP can help health plans get the data they need, when they need it.
Optum, FDA collaborate on vaccine and biologic research
FDA reaches agreement with life sciences segment of Optum to provide data and expertise to evaluate and research biologics and vaccines.
Data Governance Enables Indiana’s Rapid Response to COVID-19
See how the Hoosier state uses data governance and self-service analytics to monitor, prioritize and quickly respond to COVID-19.
Real-world data fills rare disease data gaps
Data removes the barriers to understanding rare disease.
U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command
Optum Serve conducts physical and mental examinations for military applicants.
Develop your growth strategy
Our research has uncovered four main reasons today’s planning executives struggle to find the right data to make the best decisions.
Creating connections through partnerships
Hear from an Optum Rx client on how we're partnering together for everyone we serve.
Optum Evidence Engine
Optum Evidence Engine unlocks the power of personalized, precision health care to help advance disease detection and treatment.
Value Transformation at Keck Medicine of USC
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Navigating ‘The Great Resignation’
A Q&A about workforce trends, obstacles and solutions
How will you get to interoperability?
Watch the 10-minute demo to see how Optum Interoperability and Patient Access Services can help your state comply with CmS's final rule
Vaccine cold chain
Vaccine cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain process that maintains the potency of vaccines during the storage and distribution process.
Case Study: UMass utilizes analytics to improve adult immunizations
Population health analytics drive UMass participation in the AMGA AI Collaborative
Opening the digital doors to all consumers
A strategy guide for expanding access and health equity.
Evolving clinical trials from paper to digital
Accelerate research through a digitized model.
8 things to look for in a virtual care offering
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Dynamic Assessment Of Pregnancies And Infants
We help answer questions about maternal and infant health.
Excela Health & Optum partner for employee retention
In this video, learn how Excela Health and Optum are investing in mission-critical initiatives while also avoiding job eliminations.
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Learn how real cancer patient and provider experiences drive care navigation decisions.
Five Things to Know About Every Health Care Consumer
Engage with consumers in meaningful ways as COVID-19 evolves.
The unifying power of integrated data
Read how the integration of EHR and claims data can change what we can collectively learn about outcomes.
Accelerating a future where health care is closer to home
This new era goes beyond the walls of a clinic thanks to advances in digital health tools and approaches.
Data’s powerful influence on hospital growth
A digital health transformation is shaping data trends and shifting the way organizations seek and use information.
Improving UR effectiveness with Case Advisor
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Increasing Value Through Higher Volume
Improve revenue integrity by expanding admission reviews.
The brave new world of digital transformation
Leaders preparing for life in the post-pandemic world are searching for ways to succeed with digital.
Delivering Value-Based Care for Veterans Affairs & DOD | Optum
Best practices to help transition to value-based care.
Understanding the health care needs of Veterans
Ethnographic research conducted to help address Veterans' needs across the health care system.
Improve access to care with HouseCalls
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Transforming Analytics at Boulder Community Health
Learn how Boulder Community Health is using analytics to make decisions, improve care management and drive growth.
Modernizing Health Care: Joan's Journey | Optum
The health care system is built on positive intent, but it’s too complex. Joan’s journey illustrates how we’re creating something different.
Curious case of costly complications
How can analytics help tell your cost and outcomes story?
Survey: How patients feel about returning to care amidst COVID-19
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The Importance of Utilization Review for Hospitals in the COVID-19 Era
This Optum360 article shows how a high-performing utilization review process with fully leveraged AI can help hospitals preserve revenue integrity.
Assess drug performance with the power of integrated data
Inform research and commercial strategy with data insights.
Health care network planning & optimization success
Learn how leaders can use data and analytics to make informed decisions on their network and drive actionable conversations with providers.
Smartsourcing healthcare: A perspective
Optum360 shares an e-book on how provider partnerships can help accelerate growth and financial performance as an alternative to traditional models.
Consumer beliefs driving health care growth and retention
Understand the impact of consumer beliefs on everything from growth and clinical outcomes to patient acquisition and satisfaction.
Connecting the dots: Data-driven transformation
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Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for DoD and VA
Improve continuity of care by reducing variation in practice for service members transitioning to Veteran status.
Overturning concurrent denials at Uniontown Hospital
Maximizing peer-to-peer reviews with an on-site physician advisor
Basset Healthcare partnering insights
Tommy Ibrahim, MD, CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network, shares insights on reinventing a health system for success.
Clinicogenomics: The next big leap in real-world data
Optum clinical genomics is positioned to shape a new generation of evidence that accelerates understanding of disease.
Realizing the full potential of clinicogenomics
Join Optum genomics experts as they discuss the progress being made to develop datasets that will aid in drug discovery and development.
Testimonial: Overturning concurrent denials
See how one client strengthened its utilization review.
Impact story: Collaboration to drive long-term care forward
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Subscribe to the Weekly Briefing
Get strategic perspectives for C-suite leaders to help guide the health system forward.
Executive Perspectives: Tech Innovation in Health Care
How AI and other technologies can help heal the health care system
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Command Center Services
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The Curious Case of the Costly Complication
Optum helps a client prove product effectiveness
The Doctor Will See You…Anywhere
A profound shift toward coordinated, responsive care is underway in American medicine.
Smartsourcing healthcare: A perspective excerpt
Optum offers a complimentary excerpt of Smartsourcing Healthcare for practical insights on how to accelerate growth and financial performance.
Telephone Lifestyle Coaching for Veterans
Optum Serve can help Veterans achieve health and wellness goals using TLC. Promote well-being, prevent illness and reduce the burden of chronic conditions.
Managing the rise of people with multiple chronic conditions
Predicting who will develop multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and intervening early is critical to better care and lower costs
Developing a successful network strategy
Grow business and generate revenue with network planning.
Technology Helps Reduce Barriers to Tobacco Cessation
Learn about the growing change in tobacco cessation.
A model market-performance partnership
John Muir Health and Optum partner to advance quality of care.
Clinicogenomics: new, linked data is advancing research
Rich, longitudinal clinicogenomics data can fuel all stages of drug development.
Leveraging commercial health care technologies
Apply AI and program integrity practices in government.
Everest Group Recognizes Optum as a Leader
The 2021 PEAK Matrix report maps the RCM Business Process Services market.
Modernizing clinical trials with EHRs
Discover how Optum and three provider organizations leveraged EHR systems to modernize a clinical trial aimed at diabetes treatment.
4 marketing questions health care leaders should ask
Learn the four essential data-centric marketing questions every health care leader should ask.
Maximize Clinical Trial Enrollment
Use clinical and claims data to conduct precision patient finding.
Forward-thinking strategies for 2022
Explore this video series featuring insights for Life Sciences leaders, delivered by experts from across health care.
Optum Serve health technology and consulting solutions
Improving health across the nation to serve our federal customers
John Muir Health & Optum: A Model IT Performance Partnership
Learn how John Muir Health advanced patient care through rapid IT integration, modernization and optimization.
5 keys to digital health care transformation
Transform operations, better manage business processes and improve outcomes.
Veterans Benefits Administration
They honored their commitment. It's time to honor ours.
John Muir Health Clinical Operations Video
See how John Muir partnered with Optum to enable a seamless consumer experience.
MMIS Game-Changer: Collaborative Contracting
NASPO ValuePoint helps states streamline procurement.
Avasant Healthcare Payor Digital Services
Avasant's annual RadarView report helps healthcare payors craft a robust strategy for digital transformation based on industry outlook and best practices.
OPA for HHS: See how it works
Accelerate your state's efforts to address health inequity.
Market Performance Partnership: John Muir Health & Optum
Our integrated partnership model provides meaningful and measurable results.
Patient-Centered Care Centers of Excellence
Optum's Centers of Excellence improve outcomes through patient-centered care.
Optum My Wellbeing
For employers, My Wellbeing provides information about employees’ health, which can be used to help understand their needs and develop strategies to support them.
Innovations in Health Monitoring, Care Management & Support
Linking health care and public health data improves care management, clinical care, and public health reporting and monitoring.
The Physician Liaison Outreach Playbook
The Optum Physician Liaison Outreach Playbook gives physician liaisons best practices, tools and templates for effective physician relationship-building.
SNFs Improve Care & Business Outcomes for Facilities
The Optum Care Model Helps SNFs Meet Strategic Goals
Realize agility through a modern digital infrastructure
A Q&A on digital innovation and how it can help organizations deliver on business and patient care goals
John Muir Health Partnership Insights
Learn how to lean into a partnership and determine the most important things to your organization and how to achieve them.
Optum Provider Services Master Agreement
Optum delivers provider management through NASPO ValuePoint.
NASPO ValuePoint Helps States Streamline MMIS Procurements
Streamline MMIS procurements through cooperative purchasing.
Monitoring COVID-19 vaccine safety
Discover insights from Dr. John Seeger’s recent participation at the Duke-Margolis Thirteenth Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop.
Solutions to the maternal care crisis are coming into focus
Solutions to the maternal care crisis are coming into focus
Five Insights to Manage Hospital Administrative Costs
In this Optum article, futurist Tom Koulopolous and John Muir Health's Chris Pass share five strategies to manage administrative costs and improve performance.
Military & Veteran Health Care Journey: Infographic
Delivering and managing health care at key phases of life for Military Service Members and Veterans.
State of Healthcare Technology
Explore disruptive technologies transforming the industry.
Health Care's Guide to Machine Learning
What you need to know about AI's latest buzzword.
Financially preparing for a chronic condition
Learn about the emotional impact of chronic care and how deeply intertwined health and finances are. This paper also includes ideas for how to financially weather a chronic condition.
Center for Health Equity - The Lewin Group, Part of Optum Serve
See how we help public and private health care leaders, policy makers and researchers support equitable individual and community health.
Podcast: Advancing Quit Services for Tobacco Cessation
Hear from experts and explore Quit Services topics for Tobacco Cessation
Combining AI and utilization review improves client value
Understanding Optum360 AI-powered UR services
The American Rescue Plan and public health
ARP is an opportunity for state governments to improve public health through investment, infrastructure and innovation.
Pinpoint asthma, COPD and ACOS with EHR data
Optum study highlights clinical clues in asthma and COPD.
Navigating Forward: C-suite check-in — Research findings state of health care
Find out what 161 C-suite health care leaders think about how COVID-19 has changed the industry — and where we still must make progress.
Impact member care with in-home assessments
Download the infographic to learn more about how in-home assessments can uniquely impact SDOH.
HIMSS and Optum talk EHR strategies
Dr. John Kontor of Optum shares how EHR strategies provide numerous opportunities to improve and change health care.
Support for long-term recovery
Find substance use disorder treatment that includes evidence-based resources and compassionate care for members and their communities.
Star ratings are important to Medicare Plans
Learn how health plans can improve Star ratings through high-touch strategies.
Addressing adolescent mental health
Find solutions and resources for employers and health plans to support adolescent and caregiver mental health.
Insights on improved care through technology and scale
John Muir Health shares how the organization uses technology to reach those in need of health care services.
Preparing a strategy roadmap for government programs entry
Amy Jensen, VP of Optum Advisory Services, outlines requirements for a new market expansion.
Achieving Success In Claims Editing
Learn best practices around delivery models, content and rule definition.
Optum Care Model & UnitedHealthcare Assisted Living Plan
Support residents living in a senior living community.
Approaching health inequity with straightforward action
Read the CEO’s guide for assessing bias and building trust.
Meeting consumers on their terms
Learn how relationships between consumers and health organizations are transforming.
Guiding Members To Treatment & Support
Helping Members Struggling With Substance Use Disorder.
Improved Arkansas Medicaid Outcomes
Helping Arkansas improve Medicaid outcomes, reduce costs.
Optum recognized in five 2020 PEAK Matrix reports
Optum is named a Leader in five 2020 PEAK Matrix reports.
Accelerate your digital transformation
Capitalize on the momentum around digital health solutions.
Optum Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) video
Advanced practice clinicians give personal care
Population health management best practices
Learn about industry players in the population health management (PHM) market and what to look for in a best-in-class solution.
Assisted living plan comparison scenario
Keep your SNF-qualified residents with you longer.
COVID-19 Area Vulnerability Index
Prioritize resources and optimize care to fight COVID-19.
Deliver program integrity efficiencies
Curb fraud, waste and abuse for federal agencies.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
We utilize RPA to advance federal government programs.
Real-world data centralized teams
Expanding the use of RWD requires expertise and leadership.
Address the challenge of Innovation
Ideation Hubs: Address the challenge of Innovation | Optum
When ‘Is it safe for me?’ changes to ‘Is it safe for us?’
Studying the impact of treatments on pregnancy and infants can help patients, providers and pharmaceutical companies make key decisions.
Taking the Blinders Off Cancer Through Immunotherapy
Webinar: Taking the Blinders Off Cancer Through Immunotherapy
How AdventHealth leverages precision marketing
Optum Forum 2021: Regional One Health
Case Advisor contributes to utilization review success.
Preventing suicide among our nation's veterans
See how Optum Serve, along with the PREVENTS Initiative, is helping in the collective effort to eliminate suicide among military and Veteran populations.
Four steps to a RWD enterprise strategy
Lou Brooks, SVP, Real-World Data and Analytics at Optum
Improving Patient Access and Your Bottom Line
Helping physician groups solve for total patient engagement.
Population Health in the Digital Age
Introducing population health technology of the future
Your roadmap for driving growth
Use data and analytics to form your business development roadmap.
Natural language processing (NLP) and risk adjustment
We help to explain the role and benefits of NLP in risk adjustment programs.
Leveraging Technology in Quit Services for Tobacco Cessation
Technology, tobacco products and who uses tobacco are changing, and Optum Quit Services are evolving to meet those changes.
Real Talk on Real-World Evidence: Practical Applications in 2021
Virtual fireside chat with Advisory Board and Optum Life Sciences leaders explores the expanded use and next wave of RWE applications
When a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Becomes a Health Plan
This white paper addresses the challenges of launching a provider-owned ISNP.
Self-Direction for State & Local I/DD Programs
This content is presented by Optum and the Spark Initiative.
Applying robotic process automation (RPA) for compliance
See how RPA helped saved 9,465 hours and $950,000 over five years in our client use case example.
New Data Dimensions In Life Sciences Research
Expanded research methods can address cost at the root level.
The Optum care model in your community
Deliver specialized health care benefits to your residents
Benefits of the Optum care model
Learn five fast facts assisted living communities should know.
Automation and workforce strategies for health care
C-suite panel shares six takeaways on how automation can address labor concerns, consumer expectations, inefficiencies and disparities.
Enhancing billing accuracy with provider education
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Bassett Healthcare Network Blazes a Bold Path Forward with Optum
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Preparing for the future of life sciences
Life sciences leaders are thinking differently with data to support novel strategies.
Explore five priorities to improve financial performance
Explore five priorities to improve financial performance
Targeted care and lower cost: How one state achieved both
One state achieved both in delivering home health services.
Overcoming challenges to managing costs in health care
A Q&A about opportunities to improve margin performance
Targeted marketing can fine-tune your consumer reach
Targeted marketing can fine-tune your consumer reach
Achieving revenue integrity in a changing and complex climate
A Q&A about revenue integrity trends, challenges and effective strategies for improvement.
True interoperability adds value
Act on trends, enhance care coordination and much more.
Addressing health inequities to improve outcomes for all
CMOs play an important role in creating a safe, equitable health system.
Demonstrating product value with integrated data
A special webinar hosted by MM&M demonstrates how integrated EHR and claims data offers a new foundation for demonstrating product value.
What is your government up to? And, what does it mean for your drug spend?
A fireside chat with Natalie Pons and Bill Dreitlein
Managing diabetes gains an 8:1 return on investment
Learn how a third-party administrator’s client improved health outcomes and lowered costs.
Optum Rx customer obsession video
How one Optum Rx employee made the system work better for everyone
Advancing three critical dimensions of health equity
Here's how CEOs can cultivate a culture that questions bias, embraces diversity and actively improves health equity.
How to manage medication overload
Hear from a leader's perspective on how to manage polypharmacy.
Webinar: Slowing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
Explore insights into better care management and cost reduction.
Will diabetes drugs help us tackle obesity?
Discover four things to know about new uses of GLP-1 drugs.
Specialty drug prices giving you sticker shock?
See how Specialty Compass defuses exploding drug costs.
5 questions: Optum Rx chief pharmacy officer
Michael Einodshofer addresses the risks, challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
How our medication packaging helps the planet
New packaging saves CO2, water, energy, and plastic waste.
Becoming financially resilient after COVID-19
We surveyed 105 hospital leaders on their strategies for achieving stronger financial health.
Employee Assistance Program for Health Care Workers
Support workers who put others first every day.
Optum Global EAP
The Optum Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a simple, seamless solution to support your global workforce.
Patient-generated health data and the IoT
New wave of connected devices enables continuous care
2021 PEAK Matrix Report : HealthCare Top 20
2021 PEAK Matrix Report : HealthCare Top 20 | Optum
Achieve Accuracy and Efficiency in Claim Pricing
Create a framework that drives first-pass adjudication.
Driving Hospital and Health System Growth strategy
Explore a collection of best practices for health systems.
Enterprise IT strategies with HIMSS and Optum
Scott Gaydos of Optum shares how enterprise IT strategies provide numerous opportunities to improve and transform health care.
Human Centered Design in Health Care
This Optum white paper shows how human-centered design builds technology and programs that are easy and intuitive for consumers to use.
Automation Drives Success for Health Systems
Discover innovative strategies to improve financial health.
Health Care Interoperability Solutions
Optum Interoperability and Patient Access Services can help your state comply with CMS' final rule. View our overview video to find out how.
Four steps to an enterprise data strategy
Explore the steps for creating a real-world data strategy that helps life sciences companies to maximize their data investments.
Is Your Real-World Data Research Ready?
Real-world data can help evaluate the effectiveness of medications and therapies, which is why evaluation should be part of the investment.
Health Equity & Women's Health
Create meaningful change for the women in your workforce.
Clinical and claims data: A powerful combination
Get a snapshot of the pros/cons of clinical and claims data.
Improve Women's Health with Community-Based Solutions
Improve Women's Health with Community-Based Solutions | Optum
Optum Health Care Interoperability & Patient Access Services
Our solution is fully developed and ready right now to help your state meet compliance.
Optum HouseCalls: In-home Multi-Dimensional Clinical Evaluation
In-home clinical evaluation of health and ongoing care needs
Gratitude for Heroism
Optum Serve is proud to recognize female Service Members and Veterans.
Electronic Health Records(EHR) Implement and Operate
Maximize your EHR investment through partnership.
Redirecting Specialty Infusion Costs by Redirecting Site of Care
See how you can lower your plan costs by up to 52%.
Whistleblowers: The hidden auditors within your organization
Dr. Kurt Hopfensperger discusses the laws and impact of whistleblowers, and offers hospitals tips to protect themselves.
Clinicogenomics Enable Precision Drug Development | Optum
Health equity in kidney disease management
Learn 5 strategies for health plans to address inequities in the kidney care landscape and create more equitable access, treatment and outcomes for all.
Build a Culture of Health in the APAC Region
By engaging region-specific expertise, your company can strategically improve the well-being of its employees.
Navigate the workforce challenge
Identify root causes of workforce upheaval and how to adjust policies, procedures and practices for stability and long-term growth.
Wellness Coaching helps motivate employees
As a wellness coach, I connect employees with tools and resources that align with their health and wellbeing goals.
Which Rules Will Impact Pharmacy in 2023?
2023 is already a busy year for pharmacy regulation. Read about the latest regulations that could impact you and your pharmacy benefit plan.
Balancing health choices, cost and outcomes
The health care system has fewer resources than ever and struggles to provide care when and where people need it. How can employers support their workforces?
Digital scheduling at a rural health system
Learn how a rural health system achieved an ideal patient experience and increased bookings with digital scheduling.
Health and wellbeing now a top priority, say employers
Optum surveyed 347 global employers and found employee health and wellbeing (H&W) is a top priority — and it’s increasing in importance over time.
Building public confidence with health data
See how the FDA and Optum use real-world evidence to monitor the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in our youngest populations.
7 Trends Shaping Life Sciences Strategies in 2023
Life sciences market experts from Optum and Advisory Board offer their bold predictions and insights in 2023 for the industry.
Personalized support for members with autism
Optum is breaking barriers in supporting members and families who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
For Working in Health Care, Positive Future Awaits
Sarah King, chief client officer, highlights how we can work together to overcome workforce challenges and forge a new path forward.
Support state Medicaid agency goals for members
Find out how a person-centered approach can help.
Family-building inequities
Read how payers can turn the tide on 5 worrisome statistics.
Unlocking the promise of personal medicine
See how a peek at your genes enables more precise prescribing.
6 workforce strategies for health care leaders
Strengthen and inspire your health care workforce. Our actionable toolkit offers new strategies to reconnect with talent, simplify workflows and more.
6 growth trends for patient-centric health care
Learn strategies you can use to differentiate your health system from your competitors.
Mitigating maternal care deserts
For some mothers-to-be, health care options are disturbingly limited — or even nonexistent.
How to achieve more inclusive MSK care
Musculoskeletal conditions are costly, common and fraught with health inequities. Here’s how a more holistic approach can help payers better serve all members.
Spend more time with members and less time on paperwork
See how prospective assessment programs can reduce administrative burden and allow physicians to focus on what matters most: member care
Slowing the specialty pharmacy carve-out stampede
Creating better behavioral health care
We help people find care and support that’s easy to understand and access.
Study reveals costs for unrecognized kidney disease
Platform strategy for digital transformation
Read more about the digital transformation journey and how to approach these challenges by working toward a product driven model.
Mental health support for youth and caregivers
Youth are struggling more than ever before with their mental health and well-being. We can help.
Helping members achieve their goals
See how the right mental health care makes a difference.
Is poor market visibility compromising your growth?
How to understand your true growth potential.
Health leaders share IT transformation stories
Hear John Muir Health and Bassett Health’s observations on digital transformation, modernizing infrastructure and strategic automation.
Informing the FDA BEST Initiative
As a key FDA collaborator, Optum Epidemiology generates reproducible results that inform regulatory decisions for COVID-19 vaccines.
2023 Top 10 Payments Trends from Aite-Novarica
Read about the top trends influencing the health care payments industry across the U.S. in 2023.
Navigating three critical facets of health equity
This toolkit explores what CMOs need to do to lead the way.
Inadequate outcomes: The crisis of health inequity
Get a takeaway and hear from an expert panel on new ways to recognize health inequity and strategies leaders are taking to address it.
Optum Quit Services
Discover the difference of an evidence-based program that offers a truly personalized approach and blends technology with a human touch.
Outlook on oncology 2023
See how emerging trends, including a global pandemic, are reshaping the landscape of oncology care and medication.
The bedside research revolution
Optum Care Research and Innovation is an internal research support system that shows research is an integral part of care delivery.
Excela Health and Optum partner to serve the local community
This video discusses how Excela Health and Optum are working together to create financial sustainability and serve the local community.
SDOH and Medicare Advantage
This paper examines the critical impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on patient care and how in-home assessments can help.
Center for Behavioral Health and Resilience
Our goal is to promote equitable delivery of behavioral health services and support individual and community resilience.
Optum Quit For Life
Discover the difference of an evidence-based program that offers a truly personalized approach and blends technology with a human touch.
Hearts Behind the Work: Meet Our People
Meet the people of Optum who are putting you at the center of everything we do.
Modernizing the Medicaid Experience | Optum
How can states and providers use modularity to modernize? Dustin Haisler at GovTech.com interviews Optum product leaders for insights.
Webinar: Trends and challenges in telehealth
Explore new ways of doing business that allow you to meet shifting customer expectations, workforce challenges and emerging business goals.
Using Your EHR to Accelerate Digital Health
Explore how a thoughtful approach to EHR can impact the health care digital journey and help an organization achieve its business goals.
Supporting those who serve
Optum Serve is proud to support Military Service Members, Veterans and their families.
Digital Front Door Strategy Improves Patient Experience
Discover how a digital patient engagement strategy can provide easier access, reduce cancellations, and enhance front-end collections.
Pilot Program Lowers Cardiovascular Disease Risk
An innovative program involving patient awareness and provider outreach improves patient use of lipid-lowering therapies.
Behavioral Health Provider Digital Access Survey | Optum
Arkansas' New Approach to Medicaid Management
See how data and analytics help Arkansas manage one of the state's most vital and widely used government programs.
The Health Equity Alignment Solution (HEALS)
HEALS is a data analytics solution that highlights where and how inequities occur within a community, state or a health plan’s member population.
Health and wellbeing offerings attract and retain talent
See what our 2022 Global Employer Insights Survey says about health and wellbeing (H&W) strategies and practices to help recruitment and retention.
Priority Identification Vaccine Operating Tool (PIVOT)
PIVOT provides the data analytics and visualization needed to optimize planning, administration and monitoring of vaccines.
Third Annual Optum Survey - AI in Health Care
AI on the rise: Health leaders turn to tech in the pandemic.
Reinventing a health system for success
Learn about the Bassett Healthcare and Optum partnership.
New indicators of growth
Learn how to measure the success of consumer relationships in today's market.
Cost optimization strategies to restore financial health
Watch the webinar for insights on disruptive market forces, the health care economy, cost-management efforts and managing operating costs.
How to control drug costs without compromising care
Explore three principles driving better pharmacy benefit decisions.
Vaccine Outreach - Implementing Community Engagement (VOICE)
VOICE addresses vaccine hesitancy in at-risk and vulnerable populations.
Health Plan Leaders on StepWise Migration to the Cloud
Strategic Growth for Health Systems
This webinar covers topics surrounding disruptive market forces, workforce strategy, competitors growing within the industry and finance.
Applying health equity through action and evidence
Optum VP of Health Equity Analytics, Dr. Ali Shirvani-Mahdavi, discusses developing a data-driven strategy for equitable health outcomes.
How Excela Health Is Tackling Costs
See how Excela Health saw an area of opportunity in their revenue cycle and partnered with Optum for immediate impact and long-term value.
NEJM Catalyst Q&A: Tech’s role for health care’s workforce
CMO Dr. Garry Choy discusses pros and cons of using automation and clinical decision support to meet today's workforce challenges.
Healthier Outcomes for Moms and Babies Through Data
By reaching out to women earlier in pregnancy, one state is supporting moms and babies and creating healthier outcomes for both with help from Optum.
Delivering the Personal Touch
Addressing pharmacy issues that matter to you
From specialty pharmacy to drug affordability, our experts tackle your biggest pharmacy challenges.
Cambia's evolution with StepWise
Cambia replaced their legacy health insurance premium quoting system for their small and midsize employer group business. The total health solutions company was determined to find a vendor that met their business vision.
3 new first-in-class therapies coming
See how innovation is driving the latest product development.
Value-Based Care: How payers can help providers
Reconcile your RWD expectations to maximize your investment
Understand how routine clinical practice impacts information captured in real-world data (RWD).
Driving a frictionless digital patient experience
Watch the webinar to learn how to reduce friction points impacting the digital journey and preventing patients from getting in the door.
Analytics in payer-oncologist partnerships
See 4 ways that payers can help health care providers unlock the power of real-world data to drive quality and innovation in cancer care.
Making a better future for mental health care
Guide members to the right behavioral health care when they need it.
Cost optimization strategies to restore financial health
Watch the webinar for insights on disruptive market forces, the health care economy, cost-management efforts and managing operating costs.
Addressing health equity barriers in cancer care
Discover the 5 pillars of equity-driven member navigation.
Closing the Gaps in Pain Management
Find out how coordinated, personalized care helps advance treatment of chronic pain in senior communities.
DocASAP Digital Scheduling for Health Plans
Request a demo of DocASAP to learn how we help payers drive more appointments and improve member satisfaction.
Specialty and Weight Loss Webinar
Hear how weight loss drugs are shaping traditional and specialty spend.
Who are the patients in your market?
Get a complimentary custom market assessment to identify high-value patients and vulnerable populations to build meaningful engagements.
Supporting people when they need it most
Learn how Optum helped a member find support after a loss.
Modernizing the Medicaid experience
Read our 9 key takeaways for states to modernize the provider management experience.
Emerging technologies in underwriting
Listen to the on-demand webinar from Becker Healthcare in partnership with Bill Dimmock, VP of Advisory Services at Optum.
Challenges in health and wellbeing programmes in APAC
Employers in the APAC region said effective health and wellbeing (H&W) programme promotion and motivating employees to participate are among their current challenges. Find out what else we learned when Optum surveyed 347 global employers.
Impacting SDOH for patients and communities
CNO Kristy Duffey discusses the benefits of home-based care, opportunities in value-based care and how digital tools can overcome barriers.
RWD Pitfalls Part 1: Using the right tools to approach RWD
When working with real-world data, learn from the lessons of others to help maximize your own business return.
Payer-provider collaboration in ESRD care
Kidney disease is complex and expensive, and disproportionately impacts people with limited financial resources. Here’s how payers can help transform care.
Viewpoints on the 2024 CMS Final Notice
Download the interactive executive summary to learn how your health plan can prepare.
Partnering to reduce fraud, waste and abuse
We partner with federal agencies to address challenges and support their unique needs through technologies, solutions and best practices.
New mandatory CMS reporting rules will impact states
To meet the requirements, states should consider focusing on five key areas.
GLP-1 agonists: A new class of weight loss medications
In this conversation, discover how new weight loss drugs like Wegovy are changing obesity management and their connection to diabetes.
Improving care, outcomes and costs
Achieve better care through understanding the customer, not just the patient.
Biosimilars to save billions in this decade
Prices for popular brand-name biologics drop up to 60% with generic-equivalent biosimilars.
Fertility solution overview
Whether for personal or professional reasons, many couples today are delaying starting a family. However, waiting to conceive can lead to fertility issues — for one partner or both.
5 things to know about the new landscape of fertility benefits
More and more, benefits leaders see the value of reproductive health — and it’s changing how they approach offerings.
Delivering on the promise of fertility care
As a highly specialized area of care, fertility treatment is a significant cost driver for health plans and employers.
Clinical intelligence: The smartest revenue cycle investment
Our white paper shows how investing in smart technologies supports the revenue cycle from patient registration through full reimbursement.
Missing pieces in the patient journey puzzle
Clinicogenomic data, unstructured data and novel clinical trials solutions can all contribute to completing the view of the patient journey.
Guided help for mental health support
We’re making it easier for people to access care.
Health system boosts reach with payer channel scheduling
St. Luke’s Health dramatically increased volumes and decreased costly no shows with Optum digital scheduling. Learn how your system can, too.
Understanding college students' mental health needs
Read about the realities of campus behavioral health care and how we can make it better.
Life Sciences: Top stakeholder questions to consider
Ask your stakeholders what they need early on. Consider these top questions that patients, providers, payers and regulators are looking to answer.
Leverage AI-powered CDI and coding
CDI programs are expanding to support risk adjustment initiatives. Integrated CDI technologies are needed to support revenue and integrity.
Do employers care about employee financial wellbeing?
We surveyed 347 global employers to learn more about the importance of employee financial health in health and wellbeing (H&W) strategy.
Tackle workforce crisis with human innovation
Explore human-focused innovations for solving health care workforce challenges while reaping benefits for all.
Empowering clients with more choice and transparency
Helping make prescription drugs more affordable for plan sponsors and the members we serve is a universal focus.
Reassess the Inflation Reduction Act with evidence in mind
Cut through the noise of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with key points aimed to help life sciences leaders leverage impactful data.
Support the four pillars of wellbeing
International wellness expert Rayson Ng shares how companies can design wellbeing programmes to build a culture of health.
Engage providers to impact member outcomes
Download our infographic to learn how Optum can take the burden off of payers to impact provider performance.
Reimagining senior care to meet changing demands
Find out how Medicare Advantage plans can improve your residents’ experience with more supportive, holistic care.
Unraveling complexity in specialty care
Learn how Optum is streamlining care delivery with insights from patients and providers to improve outcomes and drive down costs.
Volume 2: Revenue performance for better financial health
Read the white paper for strategies on achieving proper levels of reimbursement, writing off bad debt, and expanding into new service areas.
Case study: Improving SGLT2i therapy guideline adherence
Article that covers OLS and Boehringer Ingelheim collaboration to increase adherence for patients with diabetes and CVD.
Novel data collection for a difficult-to-study condition
To build a more complete picture of the patient burden, the Optum HEOR team investigates patients’ experiences with their treatment journey.
Collaborative strategies to optimize complex care management
As caring for complex patients gets more complicated, payers and providers must partner to provide better, more accessible, lower-cost care.
Supporting our kids
Mental health needs are increasing in youth. Experts share their insights on how to best support them so they can grow into healthy adults.
Trends and perspectives for health plans
Driving toward the same things for our health care system — better quality, lower cost, and higher consumer and provider satisfaction.
Breakthroughs in kidney care
Explore the most promising innovations in renal care for people with chronic kidney disease.
Future-ready claims review: automation isn’t enough
As claims grow more complex, many automation methods aren't sophisticated enough for the job. See how payers can take claims review to the next level.
White paper: Defragment care with in-home assessments
In-home assessments can help to improve mental health and other social determinants for seniors. Read about the HouseCalls approach.
Four steps to optimizing value-based care
Learn how combining these steps can help power a holistic workflow between payers and care delivery.
Mental Health: Optum Addresses the Great Information Divide
Explore the challenges and opportunities in mining mental health data for individuals and communities.
Orphan drugs market: Can we afford them?
We examine key questions around orphan drugs such as why they're so expensive, how they're being used and what plan sponsors should do next.
Can Innovation Help the Health Care Workforce Crisis? | Optum
Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and Optum leaders examine human-focused innovations for the health care workforce.
Transforming the six zones of consumer experience
Discover innovations and success factors to drive engagement, loyalty and growth.
Executive series: Health Care Workforce Crisis
Get strategy, insight and resources to create an enterprise-wide health care workforce strategy.
Inflammatory conditions: Trends, pipeline, management strategies
Hear leaders discuss trends for inflammatory conditions and gain insights on how the market is changing with a deep dive on pipeline, biosimilars, and care management strategies.
Maximizing effectiveness of physician advisors within the hospital
Provide the right support to achieve program goals.
Defending emergency department reimbursement
Learn how to strengthen your ED visit-level determinations.
Improve your ROI with the help of Optum Claims Manager
Flexible claims management tool drives down denials
Five things your denial rate isn't telling you
Learn 5 ways to make changes that will prevent and remediate denied claims.
Expanded scope and efficiency with Optum CAC and CDI 3D
See how one health system partnered with Optum to transform their coding and CDI program.
A/R recovery services revenue continuity
Provider maintains A/R continuity during HIS conversion.
Untangle the causes of medical necessity denials.
Review factors hidden by your denial rate.
Computer-assisted coding helps company with continued growth
See how ACS used Optum CAC Professional for computer-assisted coding to expand medical coding and billing operations and navigate the ICD-10 transition.
Physician group achieves record performance
Optum Ambulatory Services team leads system transition.
AI advances the revenue cycle
The use of NLP makes the revenue cycle work smarter, not harder.
How fully leveraged AI solutions surpass traditional UR systems
Learn four ways AI expands your reach and effectiveness.
Developing a best-in-class middle revenue cycle for hospitals
Explore the six focus areas for improving performance.
Choosing a strategic accounts receivable service partner
Selecting the right recovery partner requires careful evaluation.
Develop a best-in-class front-end revenue cycle
Learn six ways to take your operations from good to great.
Giving patients a clear look at their care
A better patient experience through price transparency
Smart revenue cycle investments rather than deep cost cuts
Strengthen revenue performance with two astute investments.
Reducing administrative variation with artificial intelligence
Infuse technology into your medical necessity process.
How Optum supports value-based goals with powerful products
Optum supports value-based goals with powerful products.
Disruptive current events make traditional UR models obsolete
Learn five ways to use new processes and technology to improve UR.
5 ways shift-of-site care is a win for all women
With unique needs, women benefit greatly from a wider array of care options. Payers and employers can reap big rewards by providing them.
Partnering for employee growth and retention
Explore how Boulder Community Health partnered with Optum to continue elevating its most critical component of success — its workforce.
Actionable tips for improving your claims denial process
Develop these six characteristics to effectively manage denials and support your organization's revenue integrity.
Improving clinical documentation improvement (CDI) efficiency
See how Lima Memorial improved efficiency with advanced technology.
Optum CAC offers automatic review of physician selected coding
Coding review module monitors for results.
Artificial intelligence and the changing role of case managers
AI can help manage new responsibilities.
Youth mental health research findings
In our new report, you'll learn key findings about the mental health needs of young people and their caregivers, and discover opportunities for intervention.
Achieving health equity: Actionable analytics unlock improved outcomes
By applying analytics solutions, states can create a comprehensive roadmap to better health equity.
Gene Therapy: How to Prepare for a Growing Pipeline
The unprecedented cost of gene therapies requires a fundamental rethinking of how treatment costs are managed.
More inclusive MSK care: how can employers help?
Discover what employers can do to support all employees who may be coping with costly and common musculoskeletal conditions.
Ensuring responsible use of AI in health care
See how we use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.
The secret to lowering the total cost of care
Rising pharmacy costs concern everyone. Managing the underlying health conditions behind each prescription is key to addressing these high costs.
Working together to help end the opioid epidemic
Opioids are powerful drugs with a high risk of misuse and dependence. A comprehensive solution can help address this complex problem.
Sustainability through partnership
See how Boulder Community Health partnered with Optum to continue to successfully fund its mission.
Strategies to reduce administrative costs
Strategies to fix payer-provider collaboration, streamline patient financial experience and apply AI technologies for better cost savings.
Filling revenue cycle resource shortfalls
How to improve efficiency and reduce expenses.
Improve claims processing with these claims management tips
What if providers’ clinical data were research-ready?
Providers collect data about patients every day. But what should they be considering — and doing — to put their clinical data to good use?
Hybrid work schedules impact employer H&W programmes
When we surveyed global employers, we found they are looking to increase the number of health and wellness (H&W) programmes they offer. Find out more.
Key considerations when updating provider management modules
Explore 6 key factors when updating, streamlining and coordinating provider management modules with other Medicaid functions.
Health care payment innovation
Retaining talent through employee integration
Explore a strategic alignment to transition employees within the expectations and goals of Market Performance Partnerships.
Boulder Community Health and Optum
Optum partnership insights and strategies enable near- and long-term success for provider organizations.
New Client onboarding in Florida
Download this step-by-step guide for client onboarding.
Struggling to balance paperwork and patients?
You may be missing out on health plan services that can help.
Addressing the root causes of mental health disparities
Discover steps and strategies to reduce disparities among vulnerable populations and remove barriers for more equitable mental health care.
How to make the most of your fitness benefits
What’s changing the PBM industry?
In this conversation, learn from Optum Rx thought leaders on how access, affordability and transparency have become imperatives for pharmacy benefit management.
Rules Impacting Pharmacy: Summer 2023 Legislative Sessions
Learn what's at stake as the Senate considers PBM legislation.
Workplace fitness benefits: What employers should know
Employers must adjust their fitness programs to meet employees' evolving fitness needs. Here’s how to bring your offerings into the new era.
Cost breakthroughs in complex care management
Not every complex care management program is built equally. Here's how to optimize them for maximum benefits.
Drugs to Watch in Summer 2023: New Therapies [Report]
New drugs for postpartum depression, dermatitis and blindness are coming.
Innovative approaches to collaborate with PCP's
Understanding the challenges confronting Medicare Advantage plans and their Medical Loss Ratio.
The time for better payment delivery is now
Market dynamics are driving the need for health care payment innovation. Providers expect fast and reliable payments from health plans.
Care Pathways study
Mental health specialists serve a critical role in reducing total cost of care for plan sponsors.
Top 5 HSA Questions That Employees Ask | Optum Financial
5 Provider Strategies to Help Improve Your Margins: Download
Quality Fitness Benefits Are Crucial for Employers | Optum
5 Provider strategies to help improve your margins
In this e-book, discover how health care organizations are prioritizing a path to improved financial sustainability and margins.
Cancer costs are rising — are you ready?
Disruption and Risk in Health Care
Dr. Wyatt Decker discusses how innovation can be the upside of disruption and the importance of value-based care in changing the status quo.
E-book: How payers can evaluate Centers of Excellence
Not all Centers of Excellence are created equal. Here are five questions that payers should keep in mind.
2023 3rd Annual C-suite Research Report
How are market dynamics impacting decision-making across health care? Research report examines progress, challenges and priorities in 2023.
Intelligent automation is improving member outcomes
Optum Advisory's Loren Koerber and Matt Matousek break down intelligent automation and reducing the administrative burden in health care.
Digital Claim Payments Can Save You Money
Discover 4 ways health plans can save money today, and into the future. by engaging with a digital claim payment partner.
3 steps to slash medication costs
This is your guide to reducing your health care spending.
4 ways small and emerging biopharma can harness RWD now
Small and emerging biopharma companies are already having an impact on the industry. Learn how RWD can enhance your ability to innovate.
ICPE Annual Conference
With decades of pharmacoepidemiology experience, our research team brings scientific rigor to protocol development, study design, project execution and reporting.
A case study on Excel Medical Center
Using digital integration to ease administrative burdens can help you spend more time with patients and deliver positive patient outcomes.
Supporting the unique needs of firefighters
When the Minnesota Fire Service needed emotional well-being support for their firefighters, Optum stepped in to help.
The Next Biosimilar Wave Has Arrived. Now What?
In this conversation, learn about a new class of biosimilars and what this means for competition, cost and volume in the PBM market.
Improving access to behavioral health services
See how Optum helped one state visualize utilization and demographic data around behavioral health programs.
7 Strategies for Meeting More Mental Health Needs
Discover how to create an interconnected network of services that help people get properly diagnosed, access support and sustain progress.
Medicare enrollment: How a licensed insurance agent can help
Managing risk in value-based care delivery
Watch as Erik Johnson explores models for risk in delivering value-based care (VBC).
Lowest net cost and your bottom line
Learn about strategies to achieve the lowest net cost of prescription drugs through formularies, biosimilars and our Vigilant Drug Program.
HouseCalls: Helping to care for members where they are
As demand for home and community care grows, Optum® HouseCalls can reach your Medicare Advantage members and assess members’ health needs.
Solve contract challenges for gene therapies
Gene therapies have the potential to be transformative, but there are hurdles to overcome for value-based contracts to become widespread.
How VBC can work for manufacturers
Value-based contracts can present challenges that must be overcome to bring gene therapies to market.
Optum Rx Drug Pipeline Insights Reports
Read the most recent quarterly reports on new drugs coming down the pipeline.
John Muir Health and AI: A case study in managing costs
Watch the webinar to learn actionable strategies on tackling decreased hospital margins, increased labor costs and staffing shortages.
Optimize member engagement through collaboration with Optum
A health plan increased in-home assessment rates for their Medicare Advantage members by working with Optum to increase member engagement.
Intelligent automation improves underwriting results
Machine learning coupled with software features and cost-tuning delivered significantly improved predictive value and underwriting results.
Navigating government programs
Learn how small and community-based plans can enter Medicaid programs in our navigating government programs video.
Achieving growth through technology
Alternative funding: Real savings or problems?
See how much "free" drugs will actually cost you.
Emotional wellbeing support
Help your workforce take charge of their health, so they can be more resilient and present every day.
Changes to risk adjustment are coming. Are you prepared?
Learn how your practice may need to evolve to proactively anticipate the upcoming changes announced in April related to MA and Part D.
How hospitals can maintain operational and financial viability
Read this white paper to learn strategies that can help critical access and independent hospitals remain viable in their communities.
Making Risk Adjustment Programs Work for You
Learn how three care delivery organizations reduced administrative burden to spend more time with patients and improve outcomes.
Regulations to watch: Fall 2023
Learn what's at stake as the PBM legislation advances on Capitol Hill.
Self-Scheduling Boosts Access and Reduces Staff Burden
Learn how ProHealth Physicians used self-guided online scheduling to ease administrative burden and rebound patient volume.
Supporting care for at-risk minors
Learn about a lightweight, scalable foster-family placement system developed for one Northeastern state.
Using predictive data to achieve 70:1 ROI
Watch the webinar to learn how MetroHealth used precision marketing to reach patients that are likely to need specialty services.
Supporting Veteran truckers
Learn how Optum Serve supports Veterans through a whole-health approach to work and life.
Drive wellbeing programme utilisation
Strengthen your international wellbeing programme with an integrated health promotion specialist.
Redefining the prior authorization process
How we are revamping the prescribing process
What’s the biggest challenge to health and wellbeing programme success in LATAM?
Employers in the LATAM region said employee physical and mental health are among the greatest challenges for their health and wellbeing (H&W) programmes. Find out what else we learned when Optum surveyed 347 global employers.
How are global employers driving employee engagement in health and wellness programmes?
Optum surveyed 347 global employers to better understand current health and wellbeing (H&W) practices. Employers told us how they’re motivating employees to engage in their own wellbeing.
Personalized care: Focusing on the member
Hear from Optum Rx chief of operations, Jon Mahrt
Defining the future of alternate-site infusion pharmacy care
Optum tackles the many issues infusion pharmacy care faces as it serves vulnerable patients with acute needs and complex conditions.
How to eliminate prescription waste
Achieve savings by targeting expensive, low-value drugs.
Comprehensive payment integrity savings
Inform and improve your entire claims management lifecycle.
Getting ahead of the mental health crisis
See how leaders are advancing data strategies, screenings and exploring ways to connect consumers to mental health support.
Supporting Youth Mental Health: On-Demand Webinar
Dr. Yusra Benhalim shares insights on the challenges we must overcome to reach youth.
Connected communities
A panel discussion examines how to use data-driven, virtual and automated technologies to advance and refine population health strategies.
Best practices for reducing provider abrasion
Find out what is driving the recent increase in abrasion and learn what health plans can do to alleviate provider pain points.
Alzheimer’s Treatment: Time for a Level-Set?
See success rates, risks and costs of the new Alzheimer’s treatments.
Key learnings for modernizing your state’s legacy system
As you embark on maintenance and operations (M&O) modernization, consider how these 8 best practices can drive your success.
Staying current in your core admin platform
Get current, stay current and leverage the newest platform capabilities with ongoing release management.
How to Engage Hard-to-Reach Kidney Disease Patients | Optum
Case Study: Advanced Pharmacy Audit Services
How a health plan saved more than $1 million
Think differently: Strategies for incremental modernization
States can build on a step-by-step approach to modernization, incrementally transforming the user experience without disruption.
Addressing challenges with CDI and coding
Read the success story to hear how Optum technology helped increase John Muir Health's monthly CDI case review average by 22%
Let's Talk: Conversations from Optum Life Sciences
Discover what’s on the minds of innovative life science leaders with thought -provoking insights and discussions.
Reflections on PCMA's recent Annual Meeting
Total cost of care and value-based arrangements between manufacturers and payers is top of mind of HEOR and Medical Affairs leaders.
HouseCalls travels far and wide to support members’ health
The HouseCalls program provides health plans with annual in-home clinical assessments for Medicare Advantage members available in 50 states.
Faster access to mental health care
Give employees guaranteed access to mental health care with the Premium Network model from Emotional Wellbeing Solutions.
Support for your entire workforce
Invest in your organization’s most valuable asset — the people — with solutions for everyday life.
3 Ways Digital Movement Is Reshaping Member Experiences | Optum
Health savings pathways part 1
The connection between money and health runs deeper than just costs — your employees rely on your benefits strategy for overall wellness.
An interview with Sheenu Kachru on trends in the life sciences
This interview is part of the "Let's talk" conversation series.
Critical Steps to Navigating Change Management
See how an effective change management strategy can help people adapt to change more quickly and nimbly.
How to implement patient-centered oncology care
Spotlight: Fitness needs across generations
Emerging technologies in underwriting
Listen to the on-demand webinar from Becker Healthcare in partnership with Bill Dimmock, VP of Advisory Services at Optum.
Are You Maximizing the ROI of Your Real-World Data?
Help your organization capitalize on these vital resources using lessons and tools compiled by the Optum life sciences real-world data team.
Optimize member engagement through collaboration with Optum
A health plan increased in-home assessment rates for their Medicare Advantage members by working with Optum to increase member engagement.
An interview with Chris Boone, PhD on precision medicine
This interview is part of the "Let's talk" conversation series.
Interview with Jason Spangler on value assessment frameworks
This interview is part of the "Let's talk" conversation series.
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