Last week, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) defended its utilization of in-home health assessments, which are visits used widely by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans looking to fill gaps in patient care. Detractors of this type in-home visit have suggested that plans use them to up risk scores for MA members, which helps maximize reimbursement. In July, […]
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Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said Wednesday that the company would terminate its contract with the country’s largest Medicare Advantage (MA) payer, UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE UNH) UnitedHealthcare. UnitedHealthcare accounts for 9.4 million MA beneficiaries, or 29% of all enrollees, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), which is the second-largest […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is waiting for multiple big-time transactions to come to fruition by year end. In the meantime, it continues to grow its non-Medicare revenue and its high-acuity care business considerably. The company released its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, without an accompanying call. It has not held an official earnings call since UnitedHealth […]
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum has reportedly conducted a round of layoffs, specifically within Landmark Health, which is an in-home medical care operator. Optum agreed to acquire Landmark Health early in 2021. Optum also acquired the in-home medical group Prospero Health early in 2023, rolling it into Landmark Health. While the layoffs are not isolated […]
The home remains a strategic focal point for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), which is still in the process of acquiring the home health giant Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED). Last year, the company’s medical professionals achieved 2.5 million home visits through Medicare Advantage (MA). “As a direct result, our clinicians identified 300,000 seniors with emergent health […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) filed paperwork Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying it has agreed to divest “certain” locations to an affiliate of home health and hospice company VitalCaring. The divestiture was a way for Amedisys to avoid further antitrust concerns from regulators prior to it joining UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). UnitedHealth […]
As UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) work on a divestment strategy that will satisfy regulators, a lot hangs in the balance. For one, UnitedHealth Group and Optum’s deal for the home health and hospice provider Amedisys is one of the largest deals in the industry’s history, only trailing Optum’s deal for Amedisys’ […]
In early May, it was reported that UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) were working on a divestment package to satisfy regulator concerns over antitrust violations. Capitol Forum had previously reported that Amedisys was aiming to offload more than 100 of its locations to a “private equity-backed buyer.” On Friday, Capitol Forum reported […]
Value-based care has long been a core focus for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its Optum arm. Recently, however, the health care giant has started to view value-based care as a sustainable business model that it can lean into to drive growth across its operations. And it’s home-based care that has helped UnitedHealth Group take […]
A new report claims that home health giant Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) are closing in on a sizable divestment package to help circumvent antitrust concerns from regulators. UnitedHealth Group and its Optum arm announced a $3.3 billion deal to acquire Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys last year, luring the in-home care […]
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