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Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold

Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold

Update: 2025-11-18
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Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Dan Arnold of Brown University to discuss his recent paper exploring higher payments within UnitedHealth’s Optum network, which found UHC Paid Optum providers more than non-Optum Providers using price transparency data.

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Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold

Does UnitedHealthcare Pay Optum Providers Differently? w/ Dan Arnold

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