Optum Primary Care - Winter Park Aloma (2024)

FAQs

Is Optum and United Health Care the same? ›

UnitedHealth Group has two distinct business platforms: Optum and UnitedHealthcare. This cohesive partnership offers an array of health services and health benefits.

Is Optum an insurance plan? No. Our providers contract with major health insurance plans. These include HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and PPOs (preferred provider organizations), Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans and supplement plans.

We're a medical group serving patients across Florida

Primary care for ongoing care, checkups, minor injuries and illnesses. Chronic condition care for long-term health problems, such as heart disease and COPD (a serious lung problem that makes it hard to breath) Senior care for Annual Wellness Visits and in-home ...

Is Optum an HMO or a PPO insurance plan? No. Optum isn't an insurance plan. We're a group of doctors who contract with most major health insurance plans.

OptumRx Inc., a prescription drug benefit provider, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that it improperly filled certain opioid prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.

Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging UnitedHealth Group's existing pharmacy and care delivery services into the single Optum brand, comprising three main businesses: OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. In 2017, Optum accounted for 44 percent of UnitedHealth Group's profits.

Can I use Optum Perks discounts even if I have insurance? Yes, but Optum Perks cannot be combined with insurance. The majority of the time, insurance has lower drug costs.

Optum Health provides care directly through local medical groups and ambulatory care systems, including primary, specialty, urgent and surgical care to nearly 104 million consumers.

Schedule appointments, message your doctor and more with Optum MyChart.

Yes, we have an affordable self-pay fee schedule to help accommodate patients without insurance.

Is Optum no longer with Aetna? ›

Recently on 12/13/2023, Aetna informed us, their Medicare agents, that Optum Health Network will no longer be in-network for Aetna HMO Medicare plans effective January 1, 2023.

As an Optum patient with Medicare Advantage, you get a primary care doctor and care team focused on your unique health needs at age 65 and beyond.