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Molina Healthcare taps DME Navigator platform to manage DME benefits in three more states

June 23, 2026HME News Staff

YARMOUTH, Maine – Molina Healthcare of Iowa will implement a new DME Navigator program for members in all lines of business starting in the fall. The payer also has plans to use the platform in Nebraska and Wisconsin. What durable medical equipment providers in Iowa need to know: Molina is subcontracting the DME network to Optum for the in-scope DME products and services. CareCentrix will contract, credential and manage a network of DME providers rendering in-scope products and services...

benefits management, CareCentrix, DME Navigator, Molina Healthcare, Optum, third-party administrators


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In brief: Molina’s next implementation, Medline’s fire response, MiniMed’s Flex

June 22, 2026HME News Staff

YARMOUTH, Maine – Molina Healthcare of Iowa will implement a new DME Navigator program for members in all lines of business starting in the fall. The payer also has plans to use the platform in Nebraska and Wisconsin. What durable medical equipment providers in Iowa need to know: Molina is subcontracting the DME network to Optum for the in-scope DME products and services. CareCentrix will contract, credential and manage a network of DME providers rendering in-scope products and services...

DME Navigator, fire, Insulin pump, Medline, MiniMed, MiniMed Flex, Molina Healthcare, third-party administrators


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Parachute Health helps build ‘digital rails’

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Parachute Health helps build ‘digital rails’

April 17, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor

NEW YORK – As payers look for ways to streamline ordering and reduce administrative burden, many are turning to DME Navigator, an EHR-integrated ordering platform developed by OptumInsight and CareCentrix. Big picture, the platform – which uses a framework built by Parachute Health – also helps DME providers move to where the puck is going, says the company’s CEO, David Gelbard. Payers adopt DME Navigator Molina Healthcare is among the newest payers to announce that...

CareCentrix, DME Navigator, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Optum, Parachute Health


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Providers push back on accelerating benefits management model

April 10, 2026Theresa Flaherty

YARMOUTH, Maine – Molina Healthcare’s plan to use CareCentrix and its DME Navigator solution in four states is drawing criticism from home medical equipment (HME) stakeholders, who say the model significantly reduces reimbursement, threatens patient access to care and adds unnecessary administrative layers. Molina Healthcare has selected CareCentrix – which developed DME Navigator with OptumInsight – to manage all lines of business effective June 1, 2026, in Illinois, Washington...

CareCentrix, DME Navigator, Home Medical Equipment (HME), Molina Healthcare, Optum


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Molina Healthcare taps DME Navigator to streamline provider workflows

March 24, 2026HME News Staff

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Molina Healthcare of Illinois (MHIL) on March 2 announced the implementation of a new DME Navigator program for all lines of business effective June 1, 2026. “DME Navigator is an end-to-end solution operated by Optum and CareCentrix leveraging the CareCentrix DME provider network,” the company stated in a memo. “Using a digital DME Navigator Point-of-Care (POC) platform powered by Parachute Health, it streamlines provider workflows and reimagines how...

CareCentrix, Contracting, DME Navigator, Molina Healthcare, Optum


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Optum launches DME benefits manager 

June 13, 2024HME News Staff

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Optum Insight has launched DME Navigator, an end-to-end solution for DME benefits management that will speed the process of delivering DME to patients, while improving health outcomes and reducing costs. “Ensuring patients have timely access to DME is a growing challenge,” said Beth Merle, senior vice president, Affordability and Value Enablement, Optum. “DME Navigator will help health plans and DME suppliers deliver the equipment patients need more quickly...

CareCentrix, DME Benefit Management Solutions, DME Navigator, Optum


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