Healthcare innovations

The acquisition is one of UnitedHealth’s largest and is another step in expanding the company’s health services business under its Optum division. The companies said the combination would help simplify services around medical care to improve health outcomes and lower costs.

The large self-insured healthcare provider network added new regions and partnered with programs to help consumers cope with quarantine challenges.

Sometimes called “concierge” care services, care navigation refers to services that help patients access and coordinate healthcare — particularly when multiple providers, sites of care and types of healthcare services are involved.

David Hines, the 2020 Healthcare Benny Award winner, helped school employees pay zero out-of-pocket costs to have a baby.

By engaging with technology, we can improve our healthcare literacy, identify cost-saving opportunities and be more prepared for the unexpected.

“New tools can help employees decide which plan is best for them, and where they can go to get the highest quality, lowest cost care for both procedures and prescriptions,” says Chelsey Koster.

As some companies prepare staff to return to the office, and working parents balance work and back-to-school schedules, employers imagine what the prolonged coronavirus recovery will really look like.

Visits to healthcare clinics are trending well below their pre-coronavirus levels, setting the stage for increased future health issues.

A new partnership aims to support safe returns to the workplace through FDA-authorized testing.