UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-11-01Optum Ventures joins Vera Health's $28.5M round, and buys a look at the evidence layer clinicians useOptum Ventures joined Vera Health's $28.5 million Series A, a small check in a free clinical search engine used by 800,000 clinicians that gives UnitedHealth a look at the evidence layer at the point of care.3
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-11-01UnitedHealthcare's Avery reaches 21 million members, and the 90% figure still needs a definitionUnitedHealthcare's AI assistant Avery now reaches 21 million members, two months ahead of its own target; what the 90% resolution rate counts, and what the company has left unpublished.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-10-01Optum sells TPG a stake in WellMed's Florida clinics, and keeps them in networkUnitedHealth has sold TPG an ownership interest in part of Optum's Florida WellMed clinics, funding senior primary care growth with a partner's capital while keeping the clinics inside its own network.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-10-01UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Centene back one shared credentialing programCertifyOS has signed UnitedHealthcare, Cigna Healthcare and Centene as the first participants in a national shared credentialing program, testing whether large payers will buy one verified provider record instead of rebuilding it plan by plan.1
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-09-01UnitedHealthcare turns child behavioral coaching into a 13-million-member access layerUnitedHealthcare's expansion of child and family behavioral coaching to 13 million commercial members turns early behavioral support into a scaled plan benefit, with adoption and clinical handoffs still to prove its value.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-08-01HCSC's Easify Edge plans make digital guidance part of the employer health planHCSC's Easify Edge plans combine broad PPO access, copay-only pricing, digital care guidance and behavioral incentives in a product scheduled for participating plans on January 1, 2027.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-07-01BCBS Alabama backs Signos as glucose data moves into weight-loss benefitsBlue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama joined GV and Dexcom in Signos' $20 million round, putting payer money behind an AI-enabled glucose monitoring system aimed at weight management. The deal tests whether CGM data can become a benefit-design tool for obesity and GLP-1 cost pressure, not just a consumer wellness gadget.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-06-01UnitedHealth buys Alegeus to control the rails under employer health accountsUnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire Alegeus Technologies, the white-label platform powering roughly 40% of U.S. consumer-directed health accounts. The deal — disclosed in UHG's Q1 2026 earnings — is earnings-neutral for 2026 and targets the data and infrastructure layer beneath employer HSA, FSA, and HRA programs, not HSA asset custody itself.
UHG & BCBS Digital Health Investment Tracker2026-05-28Optum Rx rewrites its pharmacy business model — and bets digital tools will seal the dealOptum Rx is abandoning spread pricing and rebate-linked fees in favor of flat per-member monthly charges, while launching two new patient-facing digital tools — Shop MyScript and Price Wise — that surface real-time drug pricing at the point of prescription. The move responds to FTC litigation, new federal PBM transparency law, and competitive pressure from CVS and Cigna.