Health care giant Optum is closing a family medicine clinic in Northeast Portland, only a few years after buying out the long-standing local primary care operation.
A letter sent to patients Feb. 5 and reviewed by WW cited “several unavoidable factors” for the decision to close Family Medical Group Northeast. Reached for comment, an Optum spokesperson did not answer questions about what these factors were.
Optum is owned by UnitedHealth Group, which also owns UnitedHealthcare, the massive insurance company. As The Lund Report noted back in 2022, Optum in recent years quietly entered the Oregon primary care market…