Optum launches DME benefits manager
By HME News Staff
Updated 11:22 AM CDT, Thu June 13, 2024
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Optum Insight has launched DME Navigator, an end-to-end solution for DME benefits management that will speed the process of delivering DME to patients, while improving health outcomes and reducing costs. “Ensuring patients have timely access to DME is a growing challenge,” said Beth Merle, senior vice president, Affordability and Value Enablement, Optum. “DME Navigator will help health plans and DME suppliers deliver the equipment patients need more quickly and affordably.” DME Navigator addresses several challenges ensuring patients get the right medical equipment at the right time, including a digital experience that allows clinicians to fill orders 90% faster, a more transparent way to communicate that allows clinicians to chat with suppliers directly, and a quicker way to access appropriate care to help clinicians make the most informed and clinically appropriate decisions. Optum collaborated with CareCentrix, which is owned by Walgreens, on the solution.
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