united health group is shutting down optum virtual care Telemedicine business.
Employees were notified of the closure on Thursday (April 18), with some told their last day of work would be in July. report Tuesday (April 24), citing paywall article From Endpoint News.
Reached for comment by PYMNTS, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the company will support affected team members with job placement resources and place them in open positions when possible.
“Virtual care has been, and will continue to be, a core part of our comprehensive, integrated care delivery model, designed to deliver care where, when and how people want.” stated in the statement.
“As a company, we are committed to providing patients with a strong network of providers that offer virtual urgent care, primary care, and specialty care options,” the statement added. “We continually review the capabilities and services we offer to meet the growing and evolving needs of our businesses and the people we serve.”
According to , Optum Virtual Care provides 24-hour care through virtual visits with board-certified physicians and nationally certified nurses. web page I offer it with dedication. Available in all 50 states.
PYMNTS Intelligence found in May 2022: telemedicine At this point, usage was down from the surge in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, more people were returning to clinics after the pandemic.
Through July, PYMNTS Intelligence found that consumer participation in telehealth from January 2022 to then ranged from 30% to 40%.That percentage participated at least monthly telemedicine schedule.
another provider telemedicine service, Amwellannounced in February that the use of telemedicine will decline in 2023. The number of accesses to the hybrid care delivery platform was 1.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, down from 1.7 million in the same quarter of 2022.
The company attributed this to the milder influenza season.Amwell Chief Financial Officer robert shepherdson “Last year's early and severe influenza outbreak was not repeated this year,” the company said in a February 14 earnings conference.
