{"id":340486,"date":"2025-10-29T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/340486\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:55:20","slug":"unitedhealth-shifts-strategy-with-its-massive-physician-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/340486\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealth shifts strategy with its massive physician network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70.<\/p>\n<p>After assembling the largest collection of doctors in the U.S., UnitedHealth Group is switching strategies in an effort to improve its financial performance.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to revamp its enterprise of 90,000 clinicians into one more heavily weighted toward employed physicians, rather than affiliated doctors, executives said on Tuesday. That would allow the company to exert more control over them in ways that benefit the conglomerate, experts told STAT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/05\/13\/stephen-hemsley-andrew-witty-unitedhealth-ceo-guidance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth\u2019s new CEO<\/a> as of May, said on the company\u2019s third-quarter earnings call that UnitedHealth also plans to both trim the number of doctors in its Optum Health network and pull out from some geographic markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus daily market-moving biopharma analysis \u2014 by subscribing to STAT+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. 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