One doctor's journey as an Optum provider

Dr. Benito Calderon, an internal-medicine physician in Las Vegas, Nevada, wanted more stability and support so he could focus on patient care rather than practice operations. He joined the Optum Care Network, which provided dedicated support, resource allocation and a risk-sharing financial model intended to sustain his practice while maintaining clinical quality. In his own words: "Optum Care Network gave me stability. It gave me some freedom to just focus on my practice and do what I'm good at," and he notes the network assigns contacts to "facilitate a lot of things that we need for the benefit of the patient." The page is a video-testimonial format with no quantitative clinical or financial outcomes stated.

Optum is UnitedHealth Group's data and analytics arm, with one of the largest raw claims and EHR-derived real-world-data footprints of any vendor in this directory.

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