Optum’s Key Strategies for Successful Home-Based Care Deals

TL/DR - Optum Health, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is expanding its home-based care infrastructure and value-based service delivery with large-scale acquisitions such as the recent purchases of Amedisys and LHC Group. This strategy, aimed at slashing healthcare spending and preventing high-acuity admissions, is a core part of the company's…

West Virginia Transforms Coal-Based Schools to Solar Power

TL/DR - The entire school system in Wayne County, West Virginia, is transitioning to solar power, marking the largest-ever single demonstration of solar electricity in Appalachian public schools. The project is facilitated by the Inflation Reduction Act, co-authored by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, which provides incentives for green energy projects…

White House Names Wesley Yin as Chief Budget Economist

TL/DR - Wesley Yin, a professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Anderson School of Management, has been named chief economist at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In his role, Yin will assist in formulating President Joe Biden's budget and work on issues including tax, healthcare and social insurance,…