Tag: Optum
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...
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...
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...
Accendra Health bets on Optum contract, leaner structure
February 20, 2026Theresa Flaherty
RICHMOND, Va. – With the sale of its Products & Healthcare Services (P&HS) segment behind it, Accendra Health is entering 2026 as a more “nimble” company, say execs.
New focus brings fresh start
The company on Dec. 31 completed the sale of its Products & Healthcare Services (P&HS) business to Platinum Equity for $375 million, and began operating under the name Accendra Health.
“We're...
Parachute Health embeds authorization process
June 18, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Parachute Health has launched a partnership with Optum and Walgreens/CareCentrix to embed prior authorization workflows directly into the prescribing process, liberating providers from what’s typically a back-and-forth process. “I am excited to be streamlining the ordering and authorization process by partnering with payers and building the necessary cost-controls to eliminate the current administrative burden that all stakeholders face," said David Gelbard, CEO...
In brief: Better Health funding, prior auth bill, Optum DME Navigator
June 14, 2024HME News Staff
SAN FRANCISCO – Better Health, a medical supply provider, has received $14 million in strategic funding, including investments from Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Inc., UHealth - University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership.
Better Health will use the funding to bring a more comprehensive solution to payers and providers, while also expanding into new categories to better serve members with chronic conditions. The company is also...
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...
Option Care-Amedisys acquisition falls through
June 26, 2023HME News Staff
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. – Option Care Health announced today that it has terminated its $3.6 billion merger with Amedisys, just weeks after Optum made an unsolicited bid for the home health care provider.
Option Care Health says it will receive a $106 million termination fee.
"While we are disappointed in this outcome, Option Care Health has a long track record of delivering value for our shareholders," said John C. Rademacher, president and CEO. "We take a...
Focus on post-acute care circles HME
June 19, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Recently, I wrote about the news that Humana has contracted with AdaptHealth and Rotech Healthcare to provide HME products and services to its Medicare Advantage HME members.
Now, another giant health care company is making waves in the HME industry: Optum, which has been a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare since 2011 and which earlier this year bought LHC Group for a reported $5.4 billion.
LHC Group has 30,000 employees delivering home health, hospice, home- and community-based services,...
In brief: Optum makes play for Amedisys, FDA updates Philips report count
June 7, 2023HME News Staff
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., and BATON ROUGE, La. – Optum has submitted an all-cash proposal to buy Amedisys, despite Option Care Health announcing last month that it was merging with the home health and hospice provider.
“Amedisys’ commitment to quality and care innovation within the home, and the patient-first culture of its people, combined with Optum’s deep value-based care expertise can drive meaningful improvement in the health outcomes and experiences of more patients...