UnitedHealth CFO says ‘tough decisions’ in Medicare Advantage are paying off
UnitedHealth Group says its Medicare Advantage business is outperforming initial margin targets for 2026, crediting deliberate financial recovery moves that meant fewer members this year. Speaking at a Wells Fargo conference Sept. 9, CFO Wayne DeVeydt said the company “really needed to make some tough decisions around the durability of the products we had, coupled […] The post UnitedHealth CFO says ‘tough decisions’ in Medicare Advantage are paying off appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues...
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UnitedHealth — financial / operating pressure. Via Becker's Payer Issues.
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on financial / operating pressure involving UnitedHealth: UnitedHealth Group says its Medicare Advantage business is outperforming initial margin targets for 2026, crediting deliberate financial recovery moves that meant fewer members this year. Speaking at a Wells Fargo confer…
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