Optum

Forbes | April 21, 2016

UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, is escalating its already aggressive effort to become a nationwide provider of medical care, targeting 75 markets across the country for expansion via its fast-growing Optum healthcare services unit. It’s a retail approach that includes urgent care centers and related locally based community health clinics, which became a bigger focus of UnitedHealth last year after Optum bought MedExpress, which operates urgent care centers in 14 states...

unitedhealthgroup | August 15, 2016

UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), are taking immediate action to help people in Louisiana and Mississippi who may be affected by the recent flooding.This includes assisting health plan participants who may need to make alternate arrangements to ensure continuity of care and access to early prescription refills, as well as a free emotional-support line to help people in affected communities....

UnitedHealth Group | August 31, 2016

UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), are taking immediate action to help people affected by Hurricane Madeline and Hurricane Lester, which are expected to hit Hawaii over the next few days. This includes a free emotional-support line to help people in the affected communities, and assisting health plan participants who may be affected and need to make alternate arrangements to ensure continuity of care....

UnitedHealth Group | August 18, 2016

UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), are taking immediate action to help people in California who may be affected by the ongoing wildfires.This includes assisting health plan participants who may need to make alternate arrangements to ensure continuity of care and access to early prescription refills, as well as a free emotional-support line to help people in affected communities....