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

Vertical integration is all the rage in healthcare these days, with Aetna, Cigna and Humana making notable plays. UnitedHealth formed Optum by combining existing pharmacy and care delivery services ...

Optum will close nearly two dozen health practices in Monmouth and Ocean counties on Dec. 1 and lay off more than 500 employees statewide, the company said, as part of a plan to cut costs. The company ...

Patients say the closure disrupts pregnancy care and limits local access to women’s health services in the Corvallis area.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A community inquiry regarding the quality and accessibility to Optum-owned health care facilities showed “deeply troubling” results, according to U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan. Ryan, whose ...

Optum officially laid off 524 workers in California, according to WARN Act filings submitted to the state July 18. Throughout the state, 15 locations are closing. The addresses associated with the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A bill targeting a healthcare conglomerate and its dominance of medical practices in, among other places, Ulster County, has been introduced by U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan into the House, ...

From L to R Paige Minemyer, Senior Writer, Fierce Healthcare; Dr. James Metcalf, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Medicare & Retirement, Optum; Puneet Maheshwari, GM, Optum Real; Pete Clardy, Senior ...

Optum, a healthcare company owned by UnitedHealth Group, is laying off 525 people in multiple locations, many of them at urgent care facilities in Southern California. The company, in a notice to the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Health care provider OptumHealth will be dropping all Fidelis/Wellcare and Cigna/Healthspring insurance plans in-network in January 2026, according to the provider’s website.

United Health Group Tuesday elevated Dr. Patrick Conway to become the chief executive officer of Optum, one of the nation’s largest providers of medical care, the company said April 29, 2025.