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Embracing big data helps UnitedHealth scale, innovate
UnitedHealth has spent several years refining its big data strategy, and that has allowed the insurance giant to drive innovation without disrupting normal system operations.
It's Opening Day, but deal-making payers already in midseason form
It's Opening Day, which means baseball fans everywhere are smiling--even, for once, on the north side of Chicago, even if they don't have bleachers to sit in. For a few days, all fans exude...
UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy benefit manager Catamaran for $12.8B
UnitedHealth Group Inc. will buy Catamaran Corp. for about $12.8 billion and merge it into OptumRx, its pharmacy benefit service, the company announced today. The deal will likely close in the fourth quarter of 2015.
UnitedHealth, Cigna share 5 ways payers can boost consumer engagement
Better member engagement helps payers cut healthcare costs, but knowing how to engage with members can be tricky. At this week's World Health Care Congress in the District of Columbia, three payer executives described some of the steps they have taken to improve benefit and service design in order to attract new customers and better serve existing customers.
UnitedHealth ad campaign hopes to hit consumer's funny bones
UnitedHealth might be establishing the new normal for insurers' marketing campaigns as it launched this week an expansive advertising campaign that attempts to make the dry topic of health insurance funny and appealing to consumers.
UnitedHealth wants to pay consumers for healthy behavior
UnitedHealth is currently developing a new app that would pay users for maintaining healthy behavior, including eating well, relaxing, exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Health Care Cost Institute price transparency site goes live
The Health Care Cost Institute has launched a website listing cost information for more than 70 common health conditions and services based on claims data from four major insurers.
UnitedHealth: Payments for 11 million customers tied to value-based care
In light of the Department of Health and Human Services plan to tie 50 percent of Medicare reimbursements to value-based care by 2018, UnitedHealth said that 11 million of its customers are covered under value-based payment programs.
Anthem, Humana, UnitedHealth partner with grocery stores to keep members healthy
Three insurers--Anthem, Humana and UnitedHealth--hope to compel their members to eat better by partnering with local grocery stores to create special member programs that provide discounts of up to 10 percent on certain healthy foods.
Medicaid expansion helps Anthem, UnitedHealth boost earnings
As insurers' stocks are hitting all-time highs, the nation's two largest insurers--UnitedHealth and Anthem--ended last year on a high note financially, with both reporting better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter last year.
