Here are seven insights:
1. The two entities will work together over the next decade to lead the state into a value-based healthcare environment.
2. UC Health and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum and UnitedHealthcare businesses will advance clinical research and create patient-centered, integrated provider networks.
3. UC Health medical centers will leverage Optum’s clinically integrated network services and data analytics services.
4. Under the partnership, UC Health will represent the first West Coast provider to partner with OptumLabs, a research and innovation center striving to enhance patient care and value.
5. OptumLabs will sponsor an internship to train healthcare data scientists.
6. UntiedHealthcare will donate $1 million to UC Health for programs focused on healthcare data scientists and research projects on global health issues.
7. The partnership will also create an accountable care organization for large self-funded employer groups.
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