UnitedHealth Group has a unique opportunity to build an open, inclusive and engaged health system, adaptable to shifting market conditions and industry demands. To that end, we are pursuing an agenda to make positive changes in health care affordability, quality, access and convenience – a strategy which UnitedHealth Group is well positioned to realize because of several key attributes and advantages.

Making the Connections That Matter

With what we believe is the country’s largest network of physicians, hospitals, health facilities and caregivers, UnitedHealth Group can make all the connections that matter: between a sick patient and the right doctor; between physicians and the relevant patient data; between consumers and the right health information; between patients and the medicines they need. Our broad national footprint translates to unparalleled access to health care on the local level, coast to coast.

Turning Information Into Insight

As a technological leader at the center of the health care system, we improve its functionality by executing complex transactions on a huge scale, essentially serving as a “national exchange” of vital information and funds.

We are entrusted with one of the largest collections of clinical data in the world and, more importantly, with its analysis and transformation into valuable information people can actually use. Useful insights can enable clinicians and researchers to determine the optimum treatments for patients; tell us which physicians and hospitals consistently deliver the highest quality care; and inform about which pharmaceutical products and medical innovations are safe and effective.

Empowering the Consumer

The ability to deliver these insights places UnitedHealth Group at the forefront of the consumer movement for greater personalized choice and incentives for better health, empowering them to become informed advocates and educating them on how best to take full advantage of the health care system to get their needs met.

Our data also yields intelligence on which benefit designs and advocacy approaches best address the coverage problems of the under- or uninsured. Complementing this is our extended collaboration with federal and state governments to help provide structured coverage for vulnerable populations as well as the continued pursuit of innovative public/private partnerships.

Finally, our activities regarding health care financial services explores more consumer-centric approaches that leverage advances in software, informatics and analytics, and extend to specialty benefits and services, disease management, pharmacy management and other services.