UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNHCL)

Overview

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stands as a multifaceted healthcare enterprise in the United States, demonstrating a comprehensive approach to healthcare delivery and innovation. Established in 1974 and headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, the company has expanded its services across four primary segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. Each segment caters to different facets of healthcare, ranging from health benefit plans and services for a diverse set of clients including national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized, small businesses, and individuals, to advanced technology and information products that transform healthcare practices. The organization is dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes, making health services more accessible, and driving efficiencies within the healthcare system.

Products and Services

• UnitedHealthcare

Offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services tailored for a broad audience ranging from national employers to individuals. It specializes in healthcare coverage and wellness services, focusing on the needs of individuals aged 50 and older, Medicaid plans, children’s health insurance, and providing healthcare benefits to economically disadvantaged and medically underserved communities, including those lacking employer-funded healthcare coverage.

• Optum Health

Delivers a spectrum of care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement services. Optum Health is aimed at empowering patients and consumers, enhancing the operations of care delivery systems, and serving providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities with innovative health financial services.

• Optum Insight

Provides a wide array of software and information products, advisory consulting, and managed services outsourcing contracts. This segment is designed to support hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations by offering tools and services that optimize operational efficiency, financial performance, and care quality.

• Optum Rx

Focuses on pharmacy care services and programs, encompassing retail network contracting, home delivery services, specialty and community pharmacy services, infusion services, as well as purchasing and clinical capabilities. Optum Rx is dedicated to improving pharmacy care through innovative programs in areas like step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and comprehensive disease and drug therapy management.