UnitedHealth To Link Optum’s Analytics, Provider Organization Subsidiaries

UnitedHealth Group plans to link its network of tens of thousands of clinical professionals in its population health management and care delivery business, OptumHealth, with insights it gleans from its data analytics business, OptumInsights. According to Optum Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty, consumers and provider organizations will be able to access health data in real time as part of the new digital ecosystem.

The network will link all Optum care locations in a particular geography and rely on a risk-based, capitated fee structure to align all participating players together. Currently, UnitedHealth has bandwidth in about a dozen U.S . . .