“Optum is suing former employee David Smith over allegations that Smith has shared Optum’s trade secrets with his new employer, the as-yet-unnamed collaboration between Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway.”
“Optum is UnitedHealth Group’s data analytics services subsidiary. The company offers insights into population health management, care delivery improvement, and operational efficiency for employers, governments, health plans, and providers.”
“The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts district court, accuses Smith of gathering confidential information about Optum’s business practices and market status, in violation of his contract, at the same time as he accepted an offer from Amazon’s new enterprise, referred to in court documents as company ‘ABC’.”
“Smith was a senior executive at Optum who…” Read the full article here.
Source: Optum Sues Over Alleged Trade Secrets Brought to Amazon – By Jennifer Bresnick, January 28, 2019. HealthPayer Intelligence.
