Optum Anticipates Doubling Consumers Served Through Value-Based Care Offerings

Optum, a UnitedHealth Group business that provides information and technology-enabled health services, anticipates doubling the number of people served through its value-based care (VBC) offerings in 2023. During 2022, Optum served 1.8 million people through its accountable care models. During 2023, it anticipates serving 4 million people through these VBC models. The people served through VBC include members of UnitedHealthcare insurance plans and people covered by other payers.
According to statements made on January 13, 2023, in UnitedHealth Group’s fourth quarter and full-year 2022 earnings report, Optum’s Chief Executive Officer Wyatt Decker, M.D . . .