Becker's Healthcare April 26, 2024
Optum is the parent company of SCA Health and the country’s largest employer of physicians.
Here are five major moves from Optum in 2024:
1. In April, Optum announced its shutting down its telehealth business. Optum Virtual Care launched in 2021 and offers virtual access to physicians and nurse practitioners at any time across all 50 states
2. In April, OptumRX announced its pharmaceutical distribution contracts with Cardinal Health will not be renewed.
3. In March, Optum announced plans to acquire Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s physician group. An...