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This near-record trend is driven by inflationary pressure, prescription drug spending and behavioral health utilization, the report claims.
Operating revenue was $43.2 billion in the quarter, a decrease of $0.2 billion compared to the prior year quarter.
Marketing and branding have emerged as the foremost strategic growth priorities, with CFOs saying these areas are critical.
The company said it rebounded after a tough first quarter brought on by the Change cyberattack.
Two of the 11 transactions were mega mergers, yet both were strategic transactions and neither were focused on scale.
Gross margins per enrollee ranged from $753 in the Medicaid managed care market to $1,982 in the MA market.
The rebates that will be issued later this year will be larger than those issued in most prior years, the analysis found.
Providers may delegate to Change and UnitedHealth the legal requirement for the HIPAA notifications, the OCR has determined.
These costs could total about $478 billion through the rest of the year and balloon up to $1.3 trillion by 2040.
Each organization can now securely analyze de-identified patient data from either health system.