Consulting firms see big business in accountable health reform

Optum's Accountable Care Solutions unit was recently featured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Click here to view a reprint of this article. Read More >

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Newly Launched Optum Institute for Sustainable Health Provides Analysis and Insight on Rapidly Changing Health Care Landscape
Optum recently launched The Optum Institute for Sustainable Health, which will leverage the company’s broad health care experience and research capabilities to provide analysis and insight on the rapidly changing health care landscape. Read More >

System Dynamics Modeling in Health Care
Deborah Marshall, MSHA, PhD, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, discusses the advantages of using the System Dynamics modeling approach to predict health care costs. Read More >

The Move to Value-based Pricing (video)
Michael Drummond, Mcom, DPhil, Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK, discusses value-based pricing for prescription drugs in Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as how value-based pricing will impact the United States. Read More >

The True Causes of Rising Health Care Expenditures Globally
Alistair McGuire, PhD, Head of Social Policy, LSE Health and Social Care, London, UK, discusses rising health care costs around the globe, what contributes to the increasing costs, and the effects on policy. Read More >

Perspectives: Six strategies to improve your health plan's performance in 2012
At Optum, we not only share your passion for health care improvement, we are committedto being part of the solution. This inaugural issue offers industry experts’ thought-provoking discussions—drawn from our recent webinar series—plus real-world examples of proven strategies for improving health plan effectiveness, profitability, and sustainability. Read More >