UnitedHealthcare sees doubling of accountable care business

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UnitedHealthcare sees doubling of accountable care business

By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc on Wednesday said it expects its accountable care contracts to double to $50 billion by 2017, reimbursing far more doctors and patients according to how well and how economically medical care is delivered. The largest U.S. health insurer, whose earnings have been hurt by lower government payments for private Medicare services and prescriptions for older people, said the affordable care contracts will range across its employer-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid health benefit businesses. ...

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