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Optum named as leader in healthcare payer-provider collaboration

Optum has been named the market leader in the Frost Radar™: Healthcare Payer-Provider Collaboration Solutions in North America report by Frost & Sullivan. 

Janurary 15, 2026

Leading the way in payer-provider collaboration

Optum has been recognized as a leader in The Frost Radar™: Healthcare Payer-Provider Collaboration Solutions. 

The report evaluates companies providing solutions to improve cooperation between healthcare payers and providers, focusing on clinical data integration, quality improvement, care management, financial performance, risk adjustment and three-way member care journey engagement.

Why Optum stands out:

  • Comprehensive solution portfolio: Our industry-leading suite of tools offers the most extensive range of solutions in the payer-provider collaboration market, designed to meet diverse needs and challenges.
  • Advanced analytics and AI/ML: With over 450 models for population health risk and more than 700 evidence-based quality measures, we deliver predictive insights that drive smarter decisions and better care.
  • Seamless data integration: Real-time, unified data platforms ensure collaboration across the care continuum, enabling faster, more informed actions.
  • Comprehensive care management: We’re identifying care gaps and supporting quality improvement initiatives while facilitating multidisciplinary teamwork and patient outreach through our care management platform.
  • Financial performance and risk adjustment: Our AI-powered solutions track members and patients across their care journey, enabling robust risk analytics, chart abstraction and support for claims editing and submission.
  • Three-way engagement: Optum is uniquely positioned to foster engagement among patients, payers and providers, enabling patients to actively participate in their care journey.
  • Continuous innovation: We’re redefining healthcare with emerging technologies, personalized care plans and three-way engagement among patients, payers and providers.

Unmatched portfolio of solutions

This recognition reinforces our position as the trusted partner for healthcare organizations seeking to optimize payer-provider collaboration. We are dedicated to co-creating solutions that improve clinical outcomes, reduce administrative burden, and enable better decision-making at the point of care. 

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