Optum Insight names Amazon alum as chief AI officer
Ujjwal Ratan has joined UnitedHealth Group’s consulting and analytics division, Optum Insight, as chief AI officer. In a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ratan said his role is to enable Optum Insight to operate as a connected agentic network in healthcare. “Agentic AI only works if the agents have real, connected data to reason over […] The post Optum Insight names Amazon alum as chief AI officer appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
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UnitedHealth, Optum — competitive / operational strategy. Via Becker's Payer Issues.
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on competitive / operational strategy involving UnitedHealth, Optum: Ujjwal Ratan has joined UnitedHealth Group’s consulting and analytics division, Optum Insight, as chief AI officer. In a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ratan said his role is to enable Optum Insight to operate as a connecte…
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