Fierce Health Technology December 2, 2021
Even as the healthcare system drives toward innovation, it remains too “fragmented” to achieve sustained and substantial improvements, said UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty.
Witty said the idea of breaking down silos and integrating disparate parts of the system is a key tenet that undergirds UnitedHealth’s own push for innovation. Witty, speaking at the Forbes Healthcare Summit Thursday morning, said the healthcare giant is “fortunate” to have two platform businesses that mesh well.
UnitedHealth Group is the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest commercial insurer, and Optum, an increasingly diverse firm that includes a slew of physician services, pharmacy benefit management and data analytics.
“I think one of our hypotheses here is we need more integration of those components,”...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor