Becker's Healthcare October 16, 2025
From a shareholder seeking to separate the company’s CEO and board chair roles, to Optum planning to buy a Massachusetts medical group, here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker’s has reported since Sept. 19:
1. Ascension Wisconsin is back in network with UnitedHealthcare after initial negotiations had failed to produce a suitable contract for both parties and affected Ascension Wisconsin locations were briefly out of network.
2. Optum’s Massachusetts-based subsidiary Atrius Health plans to acquire Acton Medical Associates, a 45-provider primary care group serving nearly 37,000 patients in the Boston area.
3. UnitedHealthcare’s Mid-Atlantic CEO Joseph Ochipinti called out two healthcare groups for their “cynical” contract negotiation strategy.
4. A shareholder of...
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