Becker's Healthcare July 22, 2024
Here are three of the biggest healthcare disruptors in the race to acquire physicians:
Optum
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023, bringing its total to at least 90,000 affiliated physicians.
The country’s largest employer of physicians, Optum has 2,200 primary and specialty care offices in 16 states.
In March, Optum received approval to bypass a state review of its planned purchase of physician-owned Corvallis (Ore.) Clinic, the Oregon Health Authority. However, the company also called off its plan to acquire financially troubled Steward Health Care’s 1,700-physician group,
In 2023, Optum acquired health technology firm EMIS Group for $1.51 billion, Optum merged with home health provider Amedisys for $3.26 billion...
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