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New and expectant mothers are facing an epidemic. Here’s what they need, not only to withstand pregnancy and early parenthood but to thrive.
White paper
This Optum white paper shows how human-centered design builds technology and programs that are easy and intuitive for consumers to use.
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Most people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) don’t know they have the condition. These payer strategies can help turn the tide.
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Learn how value-based care (VBC) partnerships between payers and providers are more important than ever.
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New and expectant mothers are facing an epidemic. Here’s what they need, not only to withstand pregnancy and early parenthood but to thrive.
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Most people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) don’t know they have the condition. These payer strategies can help turn the tide.
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Tailored financial wellbeing support eases employee stress and boosts productivity for global telecommunications company.
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Data-driven, targeted strategies help successfully increase employee use of mental health, financial and legal services.
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As a highly specialized area of care, fertility treatment is a significant cost driver for health plans and employers.
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With baby boomers rapidly aging into Medicare, health plans must take an informed approach when marketing fitness benefits. Here’s how.
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E-book
Discover the 5 pillars of equity-driven member navigation.
Latest guides
Guide
Mental health specialists serve a critical role in reducing total cost of care for plan sponsors.
Guide
In our new report, you'll learn key findings about the mental health needs of young people and their caregivers, and discover opportunities for intervention.
White paper
Perform key actions to manage your Stars performance with a focus on member engagement. Learn how to take control of your Star ratings now.
Latest on-demand webinars
On-demand webinar
Dr. Yusra Benhalim shares insights on the challenges we must overcome to reach youth.
Latest white papers
White paper
This Optum white paper shows how human-centered design builds technology and programs that are easy and intuitive for consumers to use.
Article
Discover steps and strategies to reduce disparities among vulnerable populations and remove barriers for more equitable mental health care.
Article
Explore the challenges and opportunities in using mental health data to understand prevalence, risk, impact and treatment in patients, members and communities.
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Help employees feel mentally, physically and financially well with Emotional Wellbeing Solutions.
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Learn how Optum helped a member find support after a loss.
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Taking aim at the U.S. maternal mental health crisis
New and expectant mothers are facing an epidemic. Here’s what they need, not only to withstand pregnancy and early parenthood but to thrive.
Human-centered design in healthcare
This Optum white paper shows how human-centered design builds technology and programs that are easy and intuitive for consumers to use.
Closing the diagnosis gap in CKD
Most people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) don’t know they have the condition. These payer strategies can help turn the tide.
Supporting providers in the transition to VBC
Learn how value-based care (VBC) partnerships between payers and providers are more important than ever.
Health equity in kidney disease management
Learn 5 strategies for health plans to address inequities in the kidney care landscape and create more equitable access, treatment and outcomes for all.
Addressing the Root Causes of Mental Health Disparities
Discover steps and strategies to reduce disparities among vulnerable populations and remove barriers for more equitable mental health care.
Analytics in payer-oncologist partnerships
See 4 ways that payers can help healthcare providers unlock the power of real-world data to drive quality and innovation in cancer care.
Mental health: Optum addresses the great information divide
Explore the challenges and opportunities in using mental health data to understand prevalence, risk, impact and treatment in patients, members and communities.
7 strategies for meeting more mental health needs
Discover how to create an interconnected network of services that help people get properly diagnosed, access support and sustain progress.
Forging a new frontier in mental and behavioral health
Overcome today's barriers with leadership, collaboration and investment strategies that proactively address mental and behavioral health.
Ways digital movement reshaping member experiences
As digital fitness, physical therapy and virtual musculoskeletal care surge in popularity, they’re yielding benefits for health plans and members alike.
Fitness for a generation that never gets old
With baby boomers rapidly aging into Medicare, health plans must take an informed approach when marketing fitness benefits. Here’s how.
What employers should know about a hub benefits strategy
A fresh approach to benefits is easing leaders’ administrative burden and connecting employees to better care.
Shift-of-site care is a win for women
With unique needs, women benefit greatly from a wider array of care options. Payers and employers can reap big rewards by providing them.
How health data can improve msk care
Here’s how payers can harness the power of data to bring more effective — and timely — musculoskeletal (MSK) care to their members.
Guidance along fertility journey
Discover how health plans can set aside ad hoc solutions and adopt a comprehensive approach to improve health outcomes and accessibility of fertility care.
Top employer wellbeing challenges
The Optum 2023 Wellbeing in the Workplace benchmark study reveals current health and wellbeing trends across 405 global companies.
Reimagine your employee assistance program
Help employees feel mentally, physically and financially well with Emotional Wellbeing Solutions.
Future ready claims review automation not enough
As claims grow more complex, many automation methods aren't sophisticated enough for the job. See how payers can take claims review to the next level.
How employers can make better benefits decisions
Assessing vendors is daunting enough. But for many employers, limited data, contract variations and employee confusion add complexity.
Case study: Investing in employees' success
Tailored financial wellbeing support eases employee stress and boosts productivity for global telecommunications company.
Mitigating maternal care deserts
For some mothers-to-be, healthcare options are disturbingly limited — or even nonexistent.
Elevating employee engagement
Data-driven, targeted strategies help successfully increase employee use of mental health, financial and legal services.
Addressing high-cost of musculoskeletal care deferral
With musculoskeletal (MSK) incidence rates and costs rising, connecting members with the care they need is more urgent than ever.
How to implement patient-centered oncology care
Patient-focused care is becoming the highest aspiration in cancer care. Here’s what payers should know to embrace this beneficial approach.
Kidney care breakthroughs: What payers should know
Explore the most promising innovations in renal care for people with chronic kidney disease.
Are employees checked out mentally present
Keys to investing in wellbeing programs that meet employees where they are and offering solutions for everyday life.
Supporting employee wellbeing after a loss
Learn how Optum helped a member find support after a loss.
Working together to help end the opioid epidemic
Opioids are powerful drugs with a high risk of misuse and dependence. A comprehensive solution can help address this complex problem.
Costs for unrecognized kidney disease
A new study published by The American Journal of Managed Care highlights health care costs associated with unrecognized progression to late-stage kidney disease.
Cancer costs are rising — are you ready?
As experts forecast a steep climb in already-expensive oncology costs, payers must prepare for the big changes ahead.
Senior brain health and social interaction
Medicare Advantage plans can differentiate supplementary programs by addressing cognitive health and social interaction.
Payer-provider collaboration in ESRD care
Kidney disease is complex and disproportionately impacts people with limited financial resources. Here’s how payers can help transform care.
How to achieve more inclusive MSK care
Musculoskeletal conditions are costly, common and fraught with health inequities. Here’s how a more holistic approach can help.
Address health equity barriers in cancer care
Discover the 5 pillars of equity-driven member navigation.
Payers address family building inequities
Read how payers can turn the tide on 5 worrisome statistics.
Preemptive kidney transplants
Avoiding dialysis in favor of organ transplant can yield better patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. So why is it still uncommon?
More inclusive MSK care: How can employers help?
Discover what employers can do to support all employees who may be coping with costly and common musculoskeletal conditions.
Delivering on promise of fertility care
As a highly specialized area of care, fertility treatment is a significant cost driver for health plans and employers.
Care Pathways study
Mental health specialists serve a critical role in reducing total cost of care for plan sponsors.
Women's health: Susan's story
Learn how OB Homecare and advanced analytics can help manage at-risk pregnancies.
Fitness needs across generations
Fitness needs vary across generations. Here’s how to make sure your offerings are serving each age bracket.
Improve fertility treatment efficiencies and outcomes
Whether for personal or professional reasons, many couples today are delaying starting a family. However, waiting to conceive can lead to fertility issues — for one partner or both.
Increasing at-home dialysis for ESRD patients
See why home-dialysis patients tend to fare better than in-clinic patients, and how patient-centric kidney care management helps them make informed choices.
Emotional wellbeing solutions for health care workers
Support healthcare workers, who put others first every day.
Emotional wellbeing support
Help your workforce take charge of their health, so they can be more resilient and present every day.
How holistic programs improve senior health
Medicare Advantage plans need to rise above the competition by going beyond traditional fitness offerings.
Youth mental health research findings
In our new report, you'll learn key findings about the mental health needs of young people and their caregivers, and discover opportunities for intervention.
Health equity and women's health
Create meaningful change for the women in your workforce. Learn steps to help close the gap in health equity, improve health and lower costs.
Why quality fitness benefits are crucial for employers
Whether you offer exercise classes, fitness equipment or nutritious snacks, investing in your employees’ movement and health will always be smart.
Antiracism and inclusion
Optum saw the value in a project for a community cohort, Leadership for Racial Equity, and quickly worked to create a national strategy.
Cost breakthroughs in complex care management
Not every complex care management program is built equally. Here's how to optimize them for maximum benefits.
Workplace fitness benefits: What to know
Employers must adjust their fitness programs to meet employees' evolving fitness needs. Here’s how to bring your offerings into the new era.
2024 Stars preview: A path forward
Perform key actions to manage your Stars performance with a focus on member engagement. Learn how to take control of your Star ratings now.
2023 3rd Annual C-suite Research Report
How are market dynamics impacting decision-making across healthcare? Research report examines progress, challenges and priorities in 2023.
How to make most of your fitness benefits
Get a step-by-step guide for employers to maximize ROI, design the best offering and keep their workforce engaged in essential offerings.
Improve women's health with community-based solutions
Research shows that community-based care is an effective way to lessen the negative effects of social factors that can heavily influence health outcomes.
Youth-centered mental health
Find new ways to address youth mental health and how health care leaders and communities can come together to achieve long-lasting impact.
Wellbeing in the Workplace study
Global employers share insights on their efforts to adapt wellbeing strategies to meet their greatest workplace challenges.
What Gen Z wants in employer fitness benefits
The pricey weight management drugs work well, but users need coaching and support to maintain the benefits.
How to ease the emotional toll of caregiving for members
Learn how plan sponsors can support caregivers and their loved ones' mental health with resources and tools.
Diagnosis and care recommendations for rare congenital anomaly
Rigorous work-up leads to conservative CHD (congenital heart disease) treatment approach.
Holistic msk improves care
Our holistic approach can help payers better fight against rising musculoskeletal care costs while better serving members.
Asia pacific culture of health
By engaging region-specific expertise, your company can strategically improve the well-being of its employees.
Drive wellbeing programme utilisation
Strengthen your international wellbeing programme with an integrated health promotion specialist.
Bring wellness strategy to life
Discover how partnering with a health promotion specialist can help you unlock creative ways to engage your employees with wellness programs and initiatives.
Hub and advocacy solutions work together
Navigating a complex healthcare environment is challenging. Using hub and advocacy solutions together helps employers and employees alike.
How to manage organ transplant costs
There’s a lot at stake with organ transplant claims. Learn the importance of selecting an effective payment integrity approach.
What makes a meaningful health advocacy program?
A great health advocacy program helps employees get the most out of their benefits while fostering strong health outcomes and savings.
Why workforce wellness programs must reward more than health tasks
To ensure that well-being benefits drive results, employers must let go of strategies built around one-and-done health tasks. Here’s how.
When chronic conditions and behavioral health collide
The collision of chronic conditions and behavioral health challenges can’t always be stopped, but healthcare leaders can work to mitigate its impact.
4 shifts shaping the future of oncology
An evolution in cancer prevention and treatment promises to forge a new path for patients, physicians and health plans alike.
How payers can improve maternal care in the 4th trimester
Learn how payers can drive meaningful impact through pre-conception care, postpartum coaching and managing chronic conditions early.
Building a better oncology managed care program
New cancer treatments can transform patients’ lives — but they also create costs that demand a new kind of cancer guidance program.
Revolutionizing specialty medication management
Get an in-depth assessment of the ways Specialty Fusion™ is revolutionizing specialty drug management.
Addressing social determinants of health
Create solutions to eliminate barriers to care and support members.
Combating the opioid epidemic
Medication interventions save lives — more people need access to them.
Understanding students' mental health needs
Read about the realities of campus behavioral healthcare and how we can make things better for college students.
When healthcare works better for everyone
See how building an outcomes-based model for behavioral healthcare can benefit both clinicians and patients.
Personalized support for members with autism
Optum is breaking barriers in supporting members and families who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Support for substance use disorders
Expand access to evidence-based support to help individuals achieve stabilization and sustain recovery.
Supporting the unique needs of firefighters
When the Minnesota Fire Service needed emotional well-being support for their firefighters, Optum stepped in to help.
Behavioral healthcare made better
We help people find care and support that’s easy to understand and access.
Supporting women beyond the reproductive years
Learn how health plans can fill care gaps by offering greater support and personalized solutions for women experiencing menopause.
Safeguard the mental health of content moderators
Learn how we support the unique workplace needs of content moderators with a tailored wellbeing strategy.
The importance of workforce mental health maintenance
See how employee mental health benefits are evolving to support workforce wellbeing.
How to build a mobile crisis team
Learn more about the current research on mobile crisis teams (MCTs), how to build an MCT as well as envision a future for them.
Packaging your employee benefits experience
Use best practices to build a gift-wrapped benefits experience that engages your people and optimizes your employees’ well-being.
Benefit communication strategy use case: Engage employees with personalization
Learn how personalized employee communications can help meet benefit strategy objectives
Slowing specialty pharmacy carve out stampede
Discover specialty medication management strategies to help you slow carve-out and stop member attrition.
The role of navigation to simplify health care
An active approach to advocacy can help improve member experiences while driving down costs. Read our e-book to learn how.
Supporting members through life’s challenges
See how mental health support from Optum helped a member navigate grief.
Women’s health is more than reproductive care
Discover 5 areas of focus for payers and employers looking to improve women’s health outcomes, costs and member satisfaction.