Below are eight of Optum’s biggest health IT moves in the past year:
- Optum is planning to buy data analytics firm Change Healthcare in a $13 billion deal expected to close in the second half of 2021.
- Optum acquired post-acute care management platform naviHealth in a deal totaling more than $1 billion.
- Optum Ventures participated in a $150 million series C funding round for Unite Us, a company that helps connect healthcare providers with social service providers.
- Optum Ventures led a $135.8 million series C funding round for Dispatch Health, a platform for on-demand acute care from home.
- Optum Ventures participated in a $100 million series C funding round for Mindstrong, a neuropsychiatric disorders diagnosis and treatment platform.
- Optum Ventures participated in a $75.5 million series C funding round for Truepill, an API-connected healthcare infrastructure.
- Optum Ventures participated in a $71 million series C funding round for Let’sGetChecked, an at-home testing company for multiple conditions.
- Optum Ventures participated in a $64 million series C funding round for Somatus, a company focused on preventing chronic kidney disease progression.
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