Becker's Healthcare July 12, 2023
Health systems across the country have outsourced administrative functions to UnitedHealth Group’s Optum in an effort to cut costs and streamline operations.
One of those systems is Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network, a rural, integrated organization with five hospitals and a medical group that employs 630 clinicians.
In 2021, Bassett tapped Optum to provide IT and revenue cycle management services. As part of the deal, 500 Bassett employees performing in-house functions had the opportunity to transition to Optum as their employer.
Optum has previously inked similar partnerships with St. Louis-based SSM Health, Greenbrae, Calif.-based MarinHealth, Boulder (Colo.) Community Health, Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health, Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health, Owensboro (Ky.) Health and Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan...
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