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AT A GLANCE

Individuals Served

Workforce

Through our businesses, we provide

medical benefits to people residing in

all 50 states in the United States and

more than 125 other countries.

More than

225,000 people

worldwide.

Includes 18,500

physicians and nurses

on staff worldwide.

• No. 1 company in the insurance

and managed care sector on

Fortune’s 2016 “World’s MostAdmired Companies” list for

the sixth straight year. Ranked

No. 1 in its sector for innovation

for the seventh consecutive year.

• Named to the Dow Jones

Industrial Average, a blue chip

group of 30 companies deemed

industry leaders (2012).

• Listed in the Dow Jones

Sustainability World Index 

and Dow Jones North AmericaIndex annually since 1999.

• In 2015, for the fifth consecutive

year, the National Business

Group on Health honored

UnitedHealth Group with a

“Best Employers for Healthy

Lifestyles” Platinum award.

Through UnitedHealthcare and Optum, in

2015, we processed one-half-trillion dollars

in gross billed charges and managed nearly

$200 billion in aggregate health care

spending on behalf of the customers and

consumers we served.

We invest more than $2.9 billion

annually in technology and innovation.

2015 Revenues

$157.1B

UnitedHealth Group is one of the most diversified health and well-being companies in the United States,

providing health care coverage and benefits services through UnitedHealthcare, and information and

technology-enabled services through Optum. Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make

the health system work better for everyone. Our work is aligned around basic values: integrity, compassion,

relationships, innovation and performance.

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OUR BUSINESSES

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live

healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience,

meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and

sustaining trusted relationships with care providers.

The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit

programs for individuals, employers, military service

members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and

Medicaid beneficiaries.

Health Benefits

Individuals Served:

UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual 

Employer sponsored and individual health benefits plans:

27.5 million Americans

UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement 

Products and services in all major senior health benefits

categories: 11.2 million Medicare beneficiaries

UnitedHealthcare Community & State 

State Medicaid and community programs:

5.4 million, including approximately 2.7 million children 

across 24 states and the District of Columbia

UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans 

Access to cost-effective, quality care for military personnel

and their families: 3 million in the TRICARE West Region

(21 states)

UnitedHealthcare Global 

Medical benefits, principally in Brazil: more than 4 million

Optum is a leading information and technology-enabled

health services business dedicated to modernizing

the system and improving the health of people and

communities. Optum builds innovative partnerships,

provides technology and tools that enable unprecedented

collaboration and efficiency and taps into valuable health

care data to uncover insights that lead to better care at

lower cost.

Health Services

Core Business Segments:

OptumHealth 

A leader in population health management serving

the physical, mental and financial needs of individuals and

organizations.

OptumInsight 

A leader in providing health information, technology,

services and consulting to participants in the health care

industry.

OptumRx 

A leading pharmacy care services company serving

commercial, Medicare, Medicaid and other government

health plans, employers and unions.

Optum provides services to:

Nearly 115 million individuals

4 out of 5 U.S. hospitals

A network of more than 67,000 pharmacies

More than 100,000 physicians, practices and other healthcare facilities

Approximately 300 health plans

Government agencies in 32 states and D.C.