Yahoo Finance June 27, 2019
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.UNH, the leading U.S. health insurer, might buy the healthcare payments company Equian for nearly $3.2 billion, per multiple sources.
Equian delivers payment integrity solutions through proprietary content, enabling technology and highly responsive customer service. The company analyzes healthcare and insurance data to ensure that payments are fair, accurate, and paid by the correct party—resulting in billions of dollars in savings.
This buyout will allow UnitedHealth to add a new niche business to its health services segment, Optum, which deals in health management and engagement, health financial services, health IT, benefit operations, care operations and pharmacy care services. Over the years, Optum has grown to contribute an increasing proportion of total revenues.
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