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Straight-through processing connects virtual card payment and remittance data to reduce manual reconciliation and keep receivables moving.
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ptum Financial is exploring ways to leverage AI and other advanced technologies to connect healthcare payments and information for a simpler experience.
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Navigating the future of healthcare financial growth
Explore expert-led strategies to boost financial resilience and long-term growth in today’s evolving healthcare landscape.
Optum Recognized as RCM Leader Report
Optum is honored to be recognized as a Leader in the Everest Group RCM Platforms PEAK Matrix Assessment for 2025, highlighting our comprehensive RCM solutions.
Generative AI’s role in modern healthcare delivery
Discover how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping healthcare by boosting speed, precision and care.
The connection between money and health
The connection between money and health runs deeper than just costs — your employees rely on your benefits strategy for overall wellness.
Steps to smarter prior authorization
Healthcare organizations face challenges with prior authorization. Learn how automation can help save resources and improve patient care.
Automation's next chapter in the healthcare revenue cycle
Leaders from Banner Health and Optum lay out a bold, multiyear vision for automation and AI in health care revenue cycle management.
How improving charge capture can reduce your CMS risk
How Optum helped a health system consolidate over 40,000 charges.
Exploring the evolving landscape of autonomous coding
This panel will address autonomous coding trends, challenges and innovations within the middle revenue cycle.
Why you should prioritize digital payments
Digital payment processing doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Here's why it should be at the top of your priority list.
Patient access starts before the appointment
New research reveals how access, transparency and digital tools shape patient satisfaction long before care begins.
Navigating the next era of Medicaid
Major Medicaid policy changes are coming fast. Learn how smarter tools, better data and strong partnerships can reduce risk and support patients.
Smart, sustainable growth in the era of Medicare Advantage
Health systems face financial challenges and increasing competition as more seniors transition to Medicare Advantage, requiring smart strategies for sustainability and growth.
Digital claim payments can save you money
Discover 4 ways health plans can save money today — and in the future — by engaging with a digital claim payment partner.
Enhance your prior authorization journey with 4 automated steps
Physician practices are experiencing administrative burden, spending time on prior authorizations (PAs) that are often or always denied.
Engaging and transforming patient experiences
Healthcare leaders share strategies to improve patient outcomes by addressing friction points, emphasizing empathy and valuing staff.
Navigating AI in Healthcare
Watch this on-demand webinar for expert insights on AI capabilities, business challenges and robust governance in healthcare.
Automating success: A smarter path to revenue cycle transformation
Learn how health systems are using revenue cycle automation to provide better patient experience, financial outcomes and operational resilience.
Transforming coding compliance and efficiency with automation
Our computer-assisted coding (CAC) solution provides the essential tools for professional coding operations and appropriate revenue capture.
Break down silos in claims processing
Fragmented payer-provider communication fuels denials, delays and rework. Learn how real-time insight can help address root causes earlier in the claims process.
Best practices for reducing provider abrasion
Find out what is driving abrasion and what health plans can do to alleviate pain points.
Optimizing your payment integrity program
Discover payment integrity best practices to help you achieve your in-year cost savings goals.
Modernize prior authorization with intelligent automation
Intelligent automation quickens determinations, improves submissions and gives real-time status visibility, helping reduce burden, delays and denials.
Data-driven AI for RCM transformation
AI and clean data are helping change healthcare for the better. Discover how teamwork and smart tech can help payers and providers work together.
Adapting to the changes in Medicaid policies
The upcoming changes to Medicaid policies are set to significantly impact organizational operations.
Moving to lower cost electronic payments
Partner with Optum Financial to increase ACH payments.
The Next Chapter in RCM
Discover expert insights to transform revenue cycle management with the latest in AI and healthcare technology.
Q&A: How Optum Financial is modernizing healthcare payment delivery
Explore how Optum Financial payment solutions streamline operations for healthcare organizations in this Q&A with Senior VP Brian Andrews.
Payer-provider collaboration: Improving patient outcomes
Tech and value-based care can improve payer-provider collaboration, reduce admin burden and enhance patient outcomes through data sharing.
Empowering providers with AI innovation
Generative AI is reshaping healthcare — boosting efficiency, easing documentation and empowering providers across the system.
Claim review: How to adopt best practices
Learn how a comprehensive claim review strategy can help you stop repeat errors and increase payment accuracy across the claim lifecycle.
Insights in claims payment processing
Thinking about going paperless for claims payments? We commissioned a study of senior health plan executives to hear what’s on their minds.
Optum revenue cycle solutions
Improve financial outcomes, decrease operational costs, improve efficiency and elevate the patient experience with our revenue cycle solutions.
Revolutionizing prior authorization solutions
RCM essentials for 2025
From process re-design to automation with advanced technology, learn how healthcare finance leaders optimize their RCM operations for the future.
Reduce manual virtual card posting
Straight-through processing connects virtual card payment and remittance data to reduce manual reconciliation and keep receivables moving.
How we’re advancing the future of healthcare payments with AI
ptum Financial is exploring ways to leverage AI and other advanced technologies to connect healthcare payments and information for a simpler experience.
AI helps bring scale, precision to directed spend benefits
Learn how our AI-powered software helps enhance directed spend benefits with precise product-level eligibility and a more seamless checkout experience.
Bridge the payment gap between payers and providers
Our innovative healthcare payment delivery platform simplifies processes, saves time and lowers costs for all involved.
Achieve claim pricing accuracy and efficiency
Learn how to create a framework that drives payment accuracy on the first pass.
Stop chasing fraud: Move prevention upstream with AI strategies
How AI, data and investigative expertise are helping health plans detect fraud earlier and stop losses before they occur.
Boost efficiency with payment optimization
Learn how payment delivery optimization can improve the healthcare financial cycle and bridge the gap between payers and providers.