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Increasing compliance with evidence-based standards to enhance care.
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Learn about powerful tools to measure the cost and quality of cancer care.
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Optum Life Sciences experts discuss value-based contracts at the 5th Annual Gene Therapy for Rare Disorders Conference.
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Optum Life Sciences experts discuss value-based contracts at the 5th Annual Gene Therapy for Rare Disorders Conference.
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AbbVie Vice President Chris Boone discusses what the life sciences industry can do to realize precision medicine’s full potential.
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One state achieved both aims in delivering home health services.
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Optum has completed more than 200K+ assessments in Arkansas, helping coordinate care for people with chronic, high-cost and long-term care needs.
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By using enterprise data to reach out to women earlier in pregnancy, one state is supporting moms and babies and creating healthier outcomes for both with help from Optum.
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Life sciences market experts from Optum and Advisory Board share perspectives on trends that will influence the future drug value chain.
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Explore real-world use cases to see how integrated data empowers research and commercial teams to compete in today’s crowded market.
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As a key FDA collaborator, Optum Epidemiology generates reproducible results that inform regulatory decisions for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Expanding the use of RWD requires expertise and leadership. Learn how to maximize the success of a centralized RWD team.
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To meet the requirements, states should consider focusing on five key areas.
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Optum experts give a snapshot of commonly encountered pitfalls when using RWD and recommendations to help avoid them in this PMSA webinar.
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Increasing compliance with evidence-based standards to enhance care.
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Learn about powerful tools to measure the cost and quality of cancer care.
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Watch clinical trial leaders from Optum and Biogen discuss how to address trial recruitment struggles by unlocking real-world data (RWD).
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Lori Halpern and Dennis Vaughan discuss interoperability, helping communities address the growing mental health crisis, and new ways of delivering care.
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Maximize Your Real-World Data Strategy
Optum Life Sciences leaders break down common missteps when using RWD and how to create practical strategies to overcome them. Watch the video from STAT Summit.
The 6 trends shaping pharma strategies in 2024
Life sciences market experts from Optum and Advisory Board share perspectives on trends that will influence the future drug value chain.
Reassessing the Inflation Reduction Act with real-world evidence
Cut through the noise of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with key points aimed to help life sciences leaders leverage impactful data.
Real-world data centralized teams
Expanding the use of RWD requires expertise and leadership. Learn how to maximize the success of a centralized RWD team.
Integrated RWD: The key to accelerating innovation
To maximize the value of clinical innovations, you need dimensional, robust data. Learn about leveraging integrated cost and clinical data.
Redefining the prior authorization process
Learn how we are revamping the prescribing process.
Take action maximize impact real world data
We design programs between life sciences companies, payers, providers and patients to improve care and patient and provider satisfaction.
Identifying patients' bone fracture risk
Optum Life Sciences experts used real-world data to assist in the testing of an algorithm designed to assess for osteoporosis risk.
4 ways small biopharma can harness RWD
Small and emerging biopharma companies are already having an impact on the industry. Learn how RWD can enhance the ability to innovate.
Real-world data fills rare disease data gaps
Read how you can fill the data divide to develop effective treatment options.
Precision medicine trends: A conversation with Chris Boone, PhD
AbbVie Vice President Chris Boone discusses what the life sciences industry can do to realize precision medicine’s full potential.
Is your real world data research ready
Real-world data can help evaluate the effectiveness of medications and therapies, which is why evaluation should be part of the investment.
Value assessment frameworks
This interview with Jason Spangler, MD, MPH, FACPM, is part of the "Let's Talk" conversation series.
The unifying power of integrated data
Read how the integration of EHR and claims data can change what we can collectively learn about outcomes.
Address the complexity of the claims process
Read the interview for insights into how state leaders can reduce administrative cost and support collaboration with providers.
Strategies for incremental modernization
States can build on a step-by-step approach to modernization, incrementally transforming the user experience without disruption.
Symmetry EBM Connect
Increasing compliance with evidence-based standards to enhance care.
Generating new data voice to claim research
Using our Voice-to-Claim® methodology to better understand the attitudes and behaviors of patients and physicians and their effects on cost and utilization.
Solve contract challenges for gene therapies
Gene therapies have the potential to be transformative, but there are hurdles to overcome for value-based contracts to become widespread.
Collaborating to advance maternal health
Learn how leaders, communities and institutions can work with Optum to promote safe pregnancies and childbirth.
Symmetry Oncology Analytics
Learn about powerful tools to measure the cost and quality of cancer care.
Top stakeholder questions to consider
Ask your life sciences stakeholders what they need early on. Consider these top questions that patients, providers, payers and regulators are looking to answer.
Arkansas' new approach to Medicaid management
See how data and analytics help Arkansas manage one of the state's most vital and widely used government programs.
Determining treatment safety for pregnancy and infants
Studying the impact of treatments on pregnancy and infants can help patients, providers and pharmaceutical companies make key decisions.
Using clinicogenomics to advance research
Rich, longitudinal clinicogenomics data can fuel all stages of drug development.
New dimensions in life sciences research
Proving the impact on clinical outcomes as well as costs.
Targeted care, lower costs
One state achieved both aims in delivering home health services.
Applying robotic process automation compliance
See how robotic process automation (RPA) helped saved 9,465 hours and $950,000 over five years in our client use case example.
Assess drug performance with integrated data
Explore real-world use cases to see how integrated data empowers research and commercial teams to compete in today’s crowded market.
Race ethnicity data bridge gap in health equity
The life sciences industry needs robust real-world data. For that data to reflect real-world populations, you need race and ethnicity data.
New mandatory CMS reporting rules will impact states
To meet the requirements, states should consider focusing on five key areas.
Solving clinical trial recruitment challenges
Watch clinical trial leaders from Optum and Biogen discuss how to address trial recruitment struggles by unlocking real-world data (RWD).
9 ways to modernize the Medicaid experience
Read our 9 key takeaways for states to modernize the provider management experience.
Insomnia treatment research study
Optum combined real-world data and primary research to create better understanding of insomnia and help create new treatments.
Monitoring COVID-19 vaccine safety
Discover insights from Dr. John Seeger’s recent participation at the Duke-Margolis Thirteenth Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop.
200,000 independent assessments and counting
Optum has completed more than 200K+ assessments in Arkansas, helping coordinate care for people with chronic, high-cost and long-term care needs.
Using epidemiological data build public confidence
See how the FDA and Optum use real-world evidence to monitor the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in our youngest populations.
Stay current on core claims systems releases
Stay current on core claims systems releases See how upgrade as a service from Optum helps health plans stay up-to-date on admin and core claims platform releases.
Modernizing the Medicaid experience
How can states and providers use modularity to modernize? Dustin Haisler at GovTech.com interviews Optum product leaders for insights.
The fight for techquity
Get ideas for how to fundamentally change your approach to building technology and incorporate techquity into your organization.
How states can serve members more holistically
Lori Halpern and Dennis Vaughan discuss interoperability, helping communities address the growing mental health crisis, and new ways of delivering care.
Healthier outcomes for moms and babies
By using enterprise data to reach out to women earlier in pregnancy, one state is supporting moms and babies and creating healthier outcomes for both with help from Optum.
Supporting care for at-risk minors
Learn about a lightweight, scalable foster-family placement system developed for one Northeastern state.
What if pragmatic clinical trials were more practical
Pragmatic trials look increasingly attractive to researchers, but they’re tough to execute. Learn how to simplify the process.
Reducing avoidable Medicaid claims denials
In this GovTech.com interview with John Campbell of Optum State Government Solutions, see how the right technology can modernize the claims process.
How to maximize ROI real world data
Optum experts give a snapshot of commonly encountered pitfalls when using RWD and recommendations to help avoid them in this PMSA webinar.
Increasing potential of genomic data
Hear from experts in this Endpoints News webinar on the increasing importance of clinicogenomic data, including diverse phenotypic and genotypic profiles.
What if providers’ clinical data were research-ready?
Providers collect data about patients every day. But what should they be considering — and doing — to put their clinical data to good use?
Using data to monitor behavioral health services
See how Optum helped one state visualize utilization and demographic data around behavioral health programs.
Robotic process automation (RPA)
We utilize RPA to advance federal government programs.
Toward outcomes-based payments
Learn from industry leaders about the push to generate evidence and demonstrate healthcare provider value.
States achieve health equity with actionable analytics
By applying analytics solutions, states can create a comprehensive roadmap to better health equity.
Lowering cardiovascular disease risk
An innovative program involving patient awareness and provider outreach improves patient use of lipid-lowering therapies.
Visualizing fraud, waste and abuse
Graph analytics and machine learning drive the future of program integrity.
Expanding health equity in clinical trials
Jamie Freedman, MD, PhD, and Shalini Mohan, MD, discuss challenging assumptions about expanding diversity and representation in clinical trials.
Break down silos in clinical trial design
Clinical trial protocol design and feasibility often occur in silos. Learn how to make the overall trial design process more effective with RWD and other tools.
Using the right tools to approach RWD
RWD pitfalls part 1: When working with real-world data, learn from the lessons of others to help maximize your own business return.
Latest takes in-life sciences industry
Discover what’s on the minds of innovative life science leaders with thought -provoking insights and discussions.
Patient access to gene therapies for rare disorders
Optum Life Sciences experts discuss value-based contracts at the 5th Annual Gene Therapy for Rare Disorders Conference.
Improving SGLT2i therapy guideline adherence
A manufacturer worked with Optum Life Sciences to help increase guideline adherence for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
NLP methods for RWD insights
Natural language processing (NLP) systems allow us to draw insights from billions of unstructured medical notes. Learn more about our methodology.
Tips for selecting a fit for purpose data set
Using real-world data (RWD) that are not fit for purpose can waste time and money. Review 6 simple steps to guide your research towards the right data.
Catalyze the use of RWE in life sciences
Discover how using real-world evidence (RWE) in the life sciences industry can help catapult learning and drive impact for your company.
Informing FDA best initiative
As a key FDA collaborator, Optum Epidemiology generates reproducible results that inform regulatory decisions for COVID-19 vaccines.
Automate fraud waste abuse improve program integrity
Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) can help federal agencies improve program integrity, cut costs and deter fraud.
Optum, FDA collaborate on vaccine and biologic research
FDA reaches agreement with life sciences segment of Optum to provide data and expertise to evaluate and research biologics and vaccines.
Partnering to reduce fraud, waste and abuse
We partner with federal agencies to address challenges and support their unique needs through technologies, solutions and best practices.
How VBC can work for manufacturers
Value-based contracts can present challenges that must be overcome to bring gene therapies to market.
Optum Serve: Protecting taxpayer dollars
Eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare spending.
CMS quality measure rules 2024
Upcoming changes in federal quality measures for Medicaid and CHIP will impact state governments.
How are global employers driving employee engagement in health and wellness programmes?
Optum surveyed 347 global employers to better understand current health and wellbeing (H&W) practices. Employers told us how they’re motivating employees to engage in their own wellbeing.
DC maternal health homelessness
Learn about our collaborative approach to promoting maternal health in Washington, D.C., with a focus on homelessness and perinatal care.
Reexamine the effect of the Inflation Reduction Act
Learn how real-world data and evidence can help prepare you for healthcare-related Inflation Reduction Act policies.
The value of clinical notes
What more is there to the patient story? Get deeper data insight into patient-clinician interactions with de-identified clinical notes.
Partnering to close gaps in maternal health
Learn how we can collaborate with your state to use analytics and consulting to address your most important maternal health challenges.
Unlock clinical insights with NLP technology
Learn about natural language processing (NLP) challenges and opportunities in the real-world data (RWD) space from Optum® NLP experts.
What’s informing HEOR strategies in 2025?
Discover how Ami Buikema and Rifky Tkatch are helping prepare their clients for next year.
Design an exceptional physician review strategy
Optimize your physician review process to help save time, reduce costs and improve care quality.
Strategies to reduce administrative costs
Strategies to fix payer-provider collaboration, streamline patient financial experience and apply AI technologies for better cost savings.
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.
Deliver program integrity efficiencies
We help federal agencies with an effective data strategy and analytic roadmap to predict and prevent fraud, waste and abuse.
Evidence in Action newsletter
Our quarterly e-newsletter helps you stay up to date with current issues facing life sciences leaders and the role of real-world evidence.