Becker's Healthcare February 1, 2024
Minneapolis-based Allina Health is partnering with Optum to improve care for patients and providers across Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
Allina plans to leverage Optum’s technology, capabilities and resources to expand on its current information services and revenue cycle management operations, according to a Feb. 1 Allina Health news release shared with Becker’s.
Around 2,000 Allina information systems and revenue cycle management employees will transition employment to Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, beginning May 5, but will continue to support Allina Health’s patients and providers under the partnership.
The Allina partnership comes after Optum and St. Louis-based SSM Health recently ended their administrative partnership around inpatient care management, digital transformation and revenue cycle management. The deal included the hiring of about...