- Cheryl Knaut, CEO of Optum’s payment integrity, is the most recent Optum executive to leave the company, with plans to retire at the beginning of October.
- Twelve other Optum executives have left the company so far in 2023.
- Optum said it will be rebranding two Seattle-based physician practices it acquired in 2019 — the Everett Clinic and Polyclinic — as Optum in April 2024 and will outfit them with new digital services, including on-demand video visits, anytime electronic visits, open scheduling and electronic consults.
- Former employees with Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media regarding an unknown number of layoffs they say occurred across the company.
- In an overwhelming majority, Amedisys shareholders approved a $3.3 billion acquisition by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum on Sept. 8.
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