Hofer is responsible for the overall strategy for our behavioral businesses, driving growth for our behavioral products and offerings, continuing to ensure our network supports timely access and expanding behavioral care delivery for the people we serve. He most recently held the dual role of chief medical information officer for Mayo Clinic, and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Theisen has held various leadership roles across UnitedHealth Group for more than 25 years, including chief financial officer of the UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement business. Under her leadership, Optum Serve implemented both the Priority Identification Vaccine Operating Tool (PIVOT), which informs and monitors equitable COVID-19 vaccine administration, and Vaccine Outreach Implementing Community Engagement (VOICE), which provides customized community engagement and collaboration to address vaccine hesitancy and difficult-to-reach consumers. A CPA and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Grundhoefer earned his MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. UnitedHealth says its Optum practices are well-positioned with such incentives. The email shows a huge Optum logo, with smaller logos for CareMount, ProHEALTH and Riverside Medical Group below it. Here at Optum, the largest network of medical groups in the nation, we are seeking a dedicated, patient-centric Endocrinologist to join our growing team in Poughkeepsie, NY. The regional alignment combines resources and services across the care continuum - from preventative medicine to diagnostics to treatment and beyond - and features 70 specialties . CVS Health Corp., which acquired insurer Aetna in 2018, is adding hundreds of HealthHUB clinics at retail stores. APC - Gynecology - Optum Tri-State - CareMount Medical Under his leadership, Optum received the Best Medical Provider in the Southland designation by readers of the L.A. Times, Top Doc status for hundreds of Optum Washington clinicians by Seattle Metropolitan and Seattle magazines, and numerous quality awards across the region. He performed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center and engaged in a research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. If you didn't get a chance to see the superyacht sailing the Hudson, just look inside. x}KnIr32wP.M{{* <0u/vfddyy?>GKFV?i keW{mI?N][}PR_xMx\5Z@YrJ(Wf:]e~P.x6^e/#id\k*^G2j[eQ8:q$4]0p\ Since Optum's founding in 2011, the company has acquired various healthcare technology services to build out its pharmacy benefit manager and care services offerings. Dr. Decker also has served as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and directed the Emergency Medicine Residency Training program at Mayo Clinic. UnitedHealth didnt comment. He was president and chief financial officer of WellCare of New York, a government programs health plan. Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Reliford was a consultant with Towers Perrin in Chicago, working with large, complex employers on all aspects of their health and welfare benefits strategy. He is currently the chief executive officer and market leader of Optum Tri-State. uniQure | A Global Leader in Gene Therapy The Optum Story in the Tri-State Region: Optum Tri-State was formed in 2022 by bringing together Riverside Medical Group, CareMount Medical and ProHealth Care. The case has also been referred to as having shed light on the threat that pharmacy benefit managers feel to bottom lines amid mounting bipartisan pressure to control rising healthcare costs. The email gleefully announces that "CareMount Medical has joined the Optum family." Physician practices, especially primary care groups, are often the front door to the health-care system. Founded in 2011, Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group, is a information and technology-enabled health services business operating across many countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Grundhoefer previously served as an executive consultant at Ernst & Young. Ophthalmologist - Optum Tri-State - CareMount Medical - Poughkeepsie Caremount Medical on Columbia Street in Poughkeepsie. More acquisitions are in the works: The company had $13 billion committed for recent purchases that have not yet closed, it disclosed in its annual report filed March 1. He also guided the medical management and customer service operations, which included assisting practices in delivering state-of-the-art customer services through a joint venture with Disney University. [23] Optum argued that Haven is in direct competition with its business and as such, Smith's employment would be in violation of a noncompete agreement that he signed while with Optum. Optum is a patient-centered, nation-wide health system dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. Prior to his role as CCO, he held a number of leadership positions within Optum Health and Optum Care including lead physician, local and national medical director roles focused on process improvement and quality initiatives, and, most recently, chief medical officer of Optum Care. The reason its been so hard to make health care and the health-care system work better in the United States is because its rare to have patients, providers -- especially doctors -- payers, and data, all brought together under an organization, said Decker, the OptumHealth CEO. Caremount Medical now part of Optum Care July 31, 2022 4:39 am Facebook LinkedIn Caremount Medical on Columbia Street in Poughkeepsie. With over two decades of success in developing innovative programs that improve quality, lower total cost of care, and enable patients to live healthier lives, Dr. Chao is at the forefront of redefining health care in the United States. Now, I went to college, scored pretty high on my SATs, but still had a tough time understanding what this was all about. We are reshaping the health care experience by putting patients at the center of everything that we do. In his role as chief executive officer of Optum Health, Dr. Decker oversees the care delivery and ambulatory care capabilities of Optum Care, as well as major platforms serving Behavioral Health, Population Health, Complex Care and consumer offerings at Optum. This new portal has an easy-to-use registration process and is only available to Optum Medical Care (formerly CareMount Medical) patients. As a health care executive, Dr. Chao leads business development for the fast-growing Pacific West region, collaborating with external partners to find opportunities for growth and driving the M&A process. A 490,000-square-foot building housing Optum's CareMount Medical in Chappaqua, N.Y., was sold. Horoho joined UnitedHealth Group in 2017 to establish the Optum Serve brand, uniting 3 legacy businesses in the process. She is the current board chair for the American Telemedicine Association and an affiliate faculty at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas-Austin. OptumInsight and Change Healthcare Combine to Advance a More Modern While many of your favorite Hudson Valley fast-food restaurants have remained in the same spot for decades, their buildings are almost unrecognizable from what they used to look like. Once you have signed up for a new account, you will have 24/7 access to our convenient online services. Scott D. Hayworth, MD, FACOG - President of Optum Tri-State Dr. King holds an MEd (surgical education) and a PhD (behavioral economics) from Imperial College London. More than four million Optum patients are in such arrangements, including some insured by UnitedHealthcare and more than 80 other payers that Optum physicians contract with. Decker said physicians are burned out from administrative work, a burden Optum eases with software and services that let doctors focus on treating patients. Market President, Optum Care Midwest and Northeast. In consulting, he provided go-to-market strategies for clients such as UnitedHealth Group, Prime Therapeutics, Toro Company, Digi International, among other mid-sized companies. In 2019, Dr. Hayworth became chairman and CEO of CareMount Health Solutions, LLC, a collaborative physician-owned management services organization. It has been a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group since 2011. Such deals have turned UnitedHealths OptumHealth division into an increasingly important part of the parent companys business. UnitedHealth is a relatively small player in Massachusetts insurance market compared to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and two nonprofit plans that have merged -- Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Prior to his current role, Hofer served as the CEO of AbleTo since 2018. Dr. Decker holds an MD from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science from University of California, Santa Cruz. As vice president of regional operations and medical affairs, he had direct responsibility for 18 family health centers, and led operations at eight regional hospitals. Privacy Policy. The United HealthCare Group Inc. website on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings on Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. 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