UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group wants to make providing healthcare its next $100 billion business.
OptumHealth CEO Wyatt Decker told Insider it would get there by changing how doctors get paid.
And it s launching nationwide virtual care, which can help it steer patients to more services.
UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the nation s biggest health insurer, first waded into the business of providing care 15 years ago when it bought a medical practice in Nevada.
Since then, its OptumCare business has grown into a health system 56,000 doctors strong, serving patients at more than 1,600 clinics across most of the US. It plans to bring at least 4,000 more doctors into its ranks by the end of this year.
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