This story was originally published on Healthcare Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Healthcare Dive newsletter. UnitedHealth has pledged to make a range of improvements in response to the first outside reviews of its business practices as the healthcare behemoth works to improve waning consumer trust. The independent analyses, completed by FTI Consulting and the Analysis Group in November and released on Friday, didn’t find a smoking gun that UnitedHealth is leveraging ...

UnitedHealth Group has laid off dozens of remote employees in healthcare technology and services marketing from its Optum unit, who were given two weeks notice in November, sources told Health Payer Specialist. Most Read from Fast Company Fast Company has reached out to UnitedHealth for confirmation. Those employees were based in “multiple states on the East Coast and in the Midwest,” according to that report, and are among UnitedHealth’s roughly 400,000 employees across the U.S. (It is the parent compa ...