UnitedHealthcare’s Optum left an AI chatbot, used by employees ... - MSN

Healthcare giant Optum has restricted access to an internal AI chatbot used by employees after a security researcher found it was publicly accessible online, and anyone could access it using only ... Read More

Op-Ed: United Health probe is symptomatic of our health-care system’s dysfunction

The U.S. government is cracking down on bad actors in the healthcare sector, with special attention to United Health. The healthcare giant – the largest company in the industry – is now undergoing a ... Read More

Health insurance giant sees stock drop as more customers use Medicare ...

UnitedHealth chopped its 2025 forecast after being surprised by rising care use from its Medicare Advantage customers in a worse-than-expected first quarter. Shares of the health care giant ... Read More

Health officials say Eugene medical chain, two Oregon insurers ...

They include Eugene-based Oregon Medical Group and two insurers, Moda Health and UnitedHealthcare, both of which managed Medicare Advantage plans. Read More

UnitedHealth investors brace for strategic shift after missteps

UnitedHealth Group investors, stunned by missteps at the once predictable health care giant, are warily expecting strategic changes in its Medicare Advantage health insurance business over the ... Read More

Optum faces antitrust lawsuit from California health system

Emanate Health accuses UnitedHealth Group's Optum of pressuring the system not to compete with Optum in the primary care business, and of steering patients away from its clinics. Read More

UnitedHealth Group CEO acknowledges frustrations with US health care ...

The UnitedHealth Group leader whose murder in December unleashed a torrent of public frustration and dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system was pushing for some of the very improvements ... Read More

Option Care Health outbid by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum for Amedisys ...

Home health company Amedisys said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum in an all-cash transaction for $101 per share, or an estimated $3.3 billion. Read More

UnitedHealth’s stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may ...

The warning sign from a health-care giant seen as the insurance industry’s bellwether may mean trouble for companies with Medicare Advantage plans. Read More

States are ramping up scrutiny of health mergers and acquisitions

Oregon is at the forefront of the push for more scrutiny; it already has some of the strongest health care market oversight laws in the nation. But state legislatures in Illinois, Minnesota, and ... Read More

Opinion | Fixing Health Care Starts With the Already Insured - The New ...

Guaranteed basic coverage will protect those who have insurance from uncertainty. Read More

UnitedHealthcare Has Faced Scrutiny Over Denying Claims - The New York ...

The company has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients. Read More