From the company’s CFO outlining financial turnaround plans to Optum launching an AI-powered claims system, here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries that Becker’s has reported since Oct. 21: 1. UnitedHealth Group CFO Wayne DeVeydt laid out…
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A Nov. 10 study found risk-based Medicare Advantage contracts had little effect on healthcare delivery. The University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics reviewed Medicare Advantage insurer data to better understand the ramifications of moving from fee-for-service to…
When surgical operations span 13 hospitals, fragmentation shows up fast: misaligned metrics, inconsistent workflows, disconnected schedules and underused ORs. MultiCare Health System tackled this challenge systemwide with a new approach — one that enabled 3,200 additional surgical cases in one…
Dec 11, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC
AVP of Perioperative Services, MultiCare Health System
Katrina Freitag, MN, RN
Nurse Manager, Surgical Services, MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Tiane Kneerim
Associate Director, Client Outcomes Manager, LeanTaaS
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur behind Cost Plus Drugs, criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act Nov. 9 on X. The bill, which would establish a nationwide health insurance program, has been a longtime agenda item for Mr. Sanders,…
UnitedHealth Group CFO Wayne DeVeydt laid out a roadmap to improve the company’s financial performance during an interview at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference on Nov. 10. “Having competed against this organization for years, both as the CFO of Elevance…
Six Democratic House representatives introduced legislation this month to stop the upcoming Medicare prior authorization pilot, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. WISeR would implement prior authorization for some services under traditional Medicare across six states starting next year.…
Health systems are awash in data but real transformation only happens when people can actually use it. At Mayo Clinic, that means delivering curated, enterprise-wide analytics to over 8,000 leaders and managers. Join Mayo’s analytic leaders to walk through how…
Dec 10, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Kayla Deutsch
Director, Analytics, Mayo Clinic
Olivia Robles
Senior Manager, Analytics, Mayo Clinic
Rich Rodgers
Vice President, Product Management, Healthcare Analytics Oracle
Over the next several months, health plans, health systems, policymakers and patients led by Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins will begin addressing prior authorization as part of a convening group. While the group is meeting for the first time today, it will…
Priority Health has named Nick Gates as the company’s new president. Mr. Gates had been serving as interim president since May and has been with the health plan for more than 20 years, serving in a variety of finance and…
At Becker’s Fall Payer Issues Roundtable in early November, payer and provider executives discussed the shifting realities facing health plans, from regulatory pressure and AI adoption to member experience and cultural inclusion. Leaders described an environment where operational complexity, new…