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2014 Annual Review

Table of Contents

 02  Performance Highlights

 04  UnitedHealth Group

 06  UnitedHealthcare

08   Optum

 10  Driving Health Care Forward

 14  Living Up to Our  
  Responsibilities

 15  Our Culture and Mission

 16   Our Leadership

UnitedHealth Group   |   2014 Annual Review

 
UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health care companies in 

America, is among the fastest growing and most diversified in the 

industry and a force for positive change in health care in the United 

States and worldwide. UnitedHealthcare, our health benefits platform, 

is providing practical innovations in health benefits plans to improve 

the health of individual consumers of care, while supporting the 

population health and financial goals for plan sponsors of every 

variety. Optum, our health services platform, is engaging consumers 

in making better decisions about their health and health care, and 

supporting care providers in improving the efficiency, effective delivery 

and affordability of care.

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Performance Highlights

Following a strong finish in 2014, UnitedHealth Group is moving into 2015, 2016 

Nearly 400,000 physicians are now using Optum’s cloud-based Link service in their 

and beyond with better forward momentum, more growth opportunities and fewer 

practices with a goal to reach 600,000 by the end of 2015.

headwinds than we have experienced in a number of years. Our 2014 performance 

was highlighted by diversified growth, continuing advances in service, innovation and 

enabling technology and strong operating and medical cost management. Today, 

UnitedHealth Group is positioned to better respond to the demands of our evolving 

health care system and help improve the lives of the people we are privileged to serve.

Here are just a few examples:

•  UnitedHealthcare’s total value-based payments to physicians and hospitals tied 

directly to quality, better patient outcomes and lowering the overall cost of care have 

nearly tripled in the last three years to $37 billion and are expected to nearly double 

again to $65 billion by the end of 2018. We have more than 500 accountable care 

programs active today and expect to create as many as 250 new accountable care 

program relationships in 2015, fostering deeper, more collaborative approaches with 

•  In 2014, we expanded in existing and new state Medicaid programs to serve the 

physicians and hospitals across the United States.

health needs of 1 million additional underserved children, young families and 

•  We continued to help improve the operating performance of Healthcare.gov and 

vulnerable people with complex medical conditions. Our footprint in the Medicaid 

a number of state health insurance exchanges for uninsured and underinsured 

market continues to grow, now reaching states where nearly 60 percent of the 

Americans.

Medicaid community resides, serving people through more than 100 separate state 

programs.

•  In 2015, we are offering products in 23 state exchanges that are home to 

54 percent of the U.S. exchange market population. This includes eight of the 10 

•  We provide millions of people with information and incentives to make better choices 

largest exchange market states, and 15 states where we also offer Medicaid plans. 

and manage their health costs, along with the help they need in finding the right care 

UnitedHealthcare benefit plans have been chosen by more than half a million 

at the right place. We are in the process of on-boarding 30 million people to Optum’s 

Americans already in 2015.

new Rally consumer health platform and rapidly deploying across UnitedHealthcare’s 

businesses Advocate4Me – the single point of contact to address all of a member’s 

health care needs. And our app for mobile devices, Health4Me, brings more 

information and convenience to users than ever before, along with transparency in 

health care quality and costs and the ease of mobile payments to health care providers.

•  Our nurses are providing home visits – more than 1 million in 2014 – to help the 

elderly and people with chronic conditions monitor their health and build more 

consistent care regimens to get healthy and stay healthy.

These advances illustrate our broad-based efforts to more effectively serve and to help 

enable a more efficient, more responsible and more modern health care system. For 

shareholders the results are clear: Revenues grew 7 percent in 2014 and are expected to 

rise 8 percent in 2015. Earnings per share are growing, and in June 2014 we raised our 

dividend by 34 percent to an annual rate of $1.50 per share.

The more than 180,000 people of UnitedHealth Group, Optum and UnitedHealthcare 

remain dedicated to our values and our mission. Their hard work and consistent 

execution in 2014 have set the stage for continued growth in 2015 and beyond. We have 

•  Our Optum business is now advancing the direct delivery of quality care to 2 million 

yet to reach the full potential of this enterprise and are constantly focused on further 

people through our own growing network of physician practices. During 2014, 

improving our performance. We have the opportunity of a lifetime for our combined 

we continued our efforts to help physicians deliver better health outcomes more 

efforts to positively impact the future of health care in the United States and worldwide.

affordably, while simplifying their work so more time can be spent with patients. 

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Revenues grew 

7 percent in 2014  

and are expected 

to rise 8 percent 

in 2015.

Performance 
Highlights

Consolidated Financial Results

Revenues

$122.5B

$130.5B

2013 

2014

Earnings from Operations

$9.6B

$10.3B

2013 

2014

Net Earnings Per Share

$5.50

$5.70

2013 

2014

34%

DIVIDEND

In 2014, we raised our 

dividend 34 percent. We 

repurchased $4 billion in 

UnitedHealth Group shares 

and return on equity once 

again exceeded 17 percent.

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Innovative, practical solutions for today’s health care challenges

For more than 30 years, UnitedHealth Group has pursued its mission to help people 

Both independently and working together, UnitedHealthcare and Optum offer a 

live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. The people of 

patient-centered approach to care that helps enhance the performance of care 

this enterprise apply vast experience in clinical care management, unmatched data and 

providers, supports the physician/patient relationship and empowers people with the 

analysis and cutting-edge information technology to help resolve some of the biggest 

information, guidance and tools they need to make personal health decisions. These 

challenges facing health care today.

unique capabilities and the diversity of our businesses position UnitedHealth Group for 

continuing growth in 2015 and beyond.

As consumers begin to take greater responsibility for their health care decisions, 

physicians are asked to take on more financial risk for population health, care delivery 

shifts to a pay-for-performance model and governments respond to social demands for 

better health care for more people, UnitedHealth Group consistently offers innovative, 

practical solutions to improve health care quality, to make care simpler and easier to 

access and to help lower costs for more affordable care.

Our company is comprised of two business platforms offering distinct, yet complementary 

capabilities. UnitedHealthcare offers a full spectrum of health benefits for every stage of 

life from newborns to senior citizens, for a wide variety of markets and benefit sponsors: 

employers of every size, public and private exchanges, state and federal government 

programs – like Medicare and Medicaid – and the U.S. military.  Optum is a leader in 

health services, engaging health care consumers to be more active participants in making 

health care decisions, aligning care delivery to improve effectiveness and quality and 

modernizing the health system infrastructure itself to make it more efficient, connected 

and lower cost.

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UnitedHealth Group is 

a leading force for positive 

change, consistently helping 

improve health care quality, 

access and affordability.

Steady Growth

UnitedHealth Group’s performance in 2014 
was highlighted by diversified growth, strong 
operating and medical cost management, and 
continuing advances in service, innovation 
and enabling technology. UnitedHealthcare 
and Optum enter 2015 with momentum 
from a strong 2014 finish and more growth 
opportunities than ever.

UnitedHealthcare

45M

UnitedHealthcare has 
grown organically by more 
than 8 million people 
in the past five years and is 
expecting to grow to serve 
as many as 1 million 
or more people in 2015, continuing its 
record as the fastest growing health benefits 
company in the nation.

INDIVIDUALS 
SERVED IN 2014

Optum

Optum’s revenues grew 
by 25 percent, operating 
margins expanded to 
6.9 percent and earnings 
grew by 32 percent 
in 2014.

63M

INDIVIDUALS 
SERVED IN 2014

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Helping people live healthier lives

UnitedHealthcare combines modern benefit design, strong consumer engagement, 

UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement is dedicated to the health and well-being 

targeted clinical management and a modernized care delivery system to provide higher 

needs of people over the age of 50, serving nearly one in five U.S. seniors. This 

quality, more accessible and affordable care for more people. The company recognizes 

business is the market leader in Medicare Advantage plans, the largest provider of 

that there is no single solution, so this business is continually adapting and innovating to 

Medicare supplement plans and the nation’s leader in Medicare Part D prescription 

meet the diverse and changing needs of the consumers and customers it serves. Today, 

drug plans. 

UnitedHealthcare serves nearly 45 million people domestically and internationally through 

its market-facing businesses. 

UnitedHealthcare Community & State provides health care products and services 

for the economically disadvantaged and the medically underserved in 24 states and the 

District of Columbia, serving more than 5 million beneficiaries of Medicaid plans, the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Special Needs Plans, integrated Medicare-

Medicaid plans and other federal and state health care programs. 

UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual offers a comprehensive array of consumer-

oriented health benefit plans and services nationwide for large national employers, 

public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses and individuals, currently 

serving the health benefits needs of nearly 26 million people.  

UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans is proud to serve approximately 3 million 

active duty and retired members of the military and their families in the West Region 

of the Department of Defense's TRICARE program, supporting access to high quality, 

affordable, effective health care. 

UnitedHealthcare Global serves more than 4 million people with medical benefits, 

principally through Amil, the largest health care company in Brazil. In addition, this 

business offers a broad range of tools and techniques to improve the efficiency and 

quality of health care delivery systems in a variety of settings worldwide.

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We customize advanced 

clinical programs, tailored 

networks and benefit solutions 

across our businesses for the 

diverse markets we serve. 

850K

PHYSICIANS

6K

HOSPITALS

UnitedHealthcare arranges for access to 

care through networks that include more 

than 850,000 physicians and other care 

professionals and approximately 6,100 

hospitals and other facilities nationwide.

Leading the Shift to 
Value-Based Care

• More than 11 million people are now  

  accessing care from providers compensated  

  by UnitedHealthcare based on quality, better  

  patient outcomes and lowering the overall  

  cost of care.

• UnitedHealthcare’s value-based payments  

  have nearly tripled in the last three years 

  to $37 billion and are expected to nearly  

  double again to $65 billion by the end 

  of 2018.

• UnitedHealthcare has more than 500  
  accountable care programs active today  
  and expects to create as many as 250 new  
  accountable care programs in 2015.

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Helping make the health system  
work better for everyone

Optum’s health services businesses are leading positive change across the health 

Collaborative Care works with physicians serving patients at a local market level, 

system by engaging consumers more deeply in their health and health care; aligning 

improving the health of patient populations and the overall efficacy and efficiency of 

care delivery and clinical and pharmacy management; and modernizing the health 

their care. The Consumer Solutions Group serves people and organizations through 

system itself. Optum’s businesses have the privilege of serving virtually all participants 

its population health management services, health exchange capabilities and financial 

in health care:

services products. 

•  Those who pay for care. Optum serves approximately half the Fortune 500, and 300  

OptumInsight is one of the largest health care information, technology, operational 

health plans and government agencies across 36 states and the District of Columbia.

services and consulting companies in the world. This business provides technology and 

•  Those who provide care. Optum works with more than 67,000 pharmacies, four  

out of five U.S. hospitals and nearly 88,000 physician practices and other health care 

facilities to support the best possible patient care and experiences.

related services to major participants in the health care industry. The people who work 

in hospital systems, physician practices, commercial health plans, government agencies, 

life sciences companies and other health-related organizations depend on OptumInsight 

to help them reduce costs, meet compliance mandates, improve clinical performance, 

•  Those who need care. Optum serves more than 63 million individuals who need the  

achieve efficiency and modernize core operating systems to meet the changing needs of 

right support, information, resources and products to achieve their health goals.

the health system.

OptumHealth simplifies and supports consumer health management and collaborative 

OptumRx has more than 20 years of experience and is one of the largest pharmacy 

care delivery through programs offered by employers, payers, government entities 

benefit managers in the United States. This business serves individuals by providing 

and, increasingly, directly with the care delivery system. OptumHealth helps people by 

nearly 600 million adjusted retail, home delivery and specialty drug prescriptions 

offering products and services focused on improving the quality of care delivery, patient 

annually and serves their plan sponsors by managing more than $40 billion per year in 

satisfaction and clinical outcomes, while lowering costs through two business groups. 

pharmaceutical spend. OptumRx serves more than 30 million Americans, providing a 

full spectrum of pharmacy services to improve health outcomes and reduce health care 

costs, all rooted in evidence-based clinical information and technological innovation.

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3.1 MILLION

CONSUMER HEALTH CARE ACCOUNTS

Optum Financial Services manages approximately  

3.1 million consumer health care accounts, including 

investment accounts and retiree accounts.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

OptumHealth directs one of the largest behavioral 

health networks in the United States, including 

nearly 144,000 clinicians across nearly 8,700 

locations.

144,000 

 CLINICIANS

Nearly 47 million individuals –  
nearly 8 million of whom  
are Medicare and Medicaid  
beneficiaries – have access to  
Optum managed behavioral 
health services today.

8,700
LOCATIONS

OPTUM LABS

Optum Labs, the health care research and innovation 

center co-founded by Optum and Mayo Clinic, 

currently collaborates with 20 other health care 

leaders to drive advances that work to improve 

patient care and value for patients. AARP, Boston 

Scientific, Merck, Harvard Medical School and Johns 

Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are 

among the organizations collaborating with 

Optum Labs.

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Optum is leveraging 

investments made in simplifying 

operations, integrating solutions 

and developing client relationships 

across our core businesses to 

deliver double-digit revenue and 

earnings growth.

Driving Health Care Forward

UnitedHealth Group is driving practical innovation 

to build a simpler, more intelligent and cost-

effective health care system for everyone and to 

help the people we serve live healthier lives.

Better, more comprehensive information and 

services engage consumers in making smarter 

decisions about their health and care. Leveraging 

data with advanced technology better connects 

patients and their doctors and aligns the 

coordination and delivery of care to improve 

outcomes. Innovation is critical to solving the 

challenges facing health care today and in 

the future. UnitedHealth Group, Optum and 

UnitedHealthcare are committed to leading the 

search for innovative, transformative change.

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Innovation is deeply

embedded in our DNA; it's

both discipline and vision,

inspiring us to explore and  

test new ideas to advance  

health care and make it  

perform better for  

everyone we serve.

 
Making health care simpler with myClaims Manager

“The pace of my life is really busy. I work full time and I also compete in open water swimming,” says 

“The pace of my life is really busy. I work full time and I also compete in open water swimming,” says 

Melissa Kegler, a UnitedHealthcare benefits plan member from Seattle, Washington. “My favorite place 

to swim is Alki Beach on Puget Sound. Looking over the mountains and the backdrop of Seattle and the 

Space Needle, it’s absolutely beautiful. I love open water swimming. It’s my passion.”

When Melissa suffered her first sports injury, she was unsure where to turn. Her application to swim 

the English Channel had been approved and she worried her dream could be destroyed if she didn’t 

immediately address her medical issue and its financial consequences. 

With the help of myuhc.com, UnitedHealthcare’s comprehensive consumer website, Melissa was able to 

find a physical therapist close to her home. But her Channel swim entailed extra expenses and her work 

schedule didn’t allow much time to track medical bills and payments she owed. 

The myuhc.com website again provided the help she needed through its myClaims Manager tool. 

Yasmine Winkler, chief marketing, product and innovation officer, UnitedHealthcare, explains: 

“myClaims Manager is a tool we launched to make it easy for people to look up their claims online, 

track them and pay their portion. Knowing that you can take care of something so easily gives you 

peace of mind.”

UnitedHealthcare is the only national health plan 

to offer its plan participants payment capabilities 

integrated with claims and benefit information.

Melissa says, “The myClaims Manager feature was 

really the saving grace to managing my finances. 

I can go online and know exactly what I’m going 

to pay and not be surprised by any copays or 

lab bills. I love the website. It makes me feel like 

Melissa and her swimming partners finish up 

an early morning workout on Puget Sound.

UnitedHealthcare values me. They want to help 

me with my goals, my health, my success and my 

open water swimming.”

myClaims Manager made 
it easy for Melissa Kegler to 
manage her medical bills so 
she could focus on her dream 
to swim the English Channel.

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To watch a short video on this story, visit us at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/2014-annual 
 
The Link cloud-based administrative platform 

reduces manual processes and automates 

connections among providers, payers, 

government entities and others.

Payers

Employers

Care Providers

Link: The next generation cloud-based  
care provider experience

“With a lot of competing priorities today, our biggest challenge is taking 

“With a lot of competing priorities today, our biggest challenge is taking 

waste out of the health care system,” says Mona Reims, director of 

Revenue Services for Orthopedics Northeast in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a 

clinic specializing in orthopedics and pain management. “With Link we 

are able to take out a lot of the administrative costs and apply those 

resources to patient care.”

Link is a cloud-based administrative platform that enables care providers to process the daily transactions that  

underlie health care delivery – benefit eligibility and patient copays, claims, appeals and much more – in a way  

that is convenient for them and fits how they want to do business. Link’s cloud-based technology is designed to  

be simple, easily accessible, efficient, high quality and open to multiple payers, not just UnitedHealthcare.

Mona and Orthopedics Northeast are early adopters of Link, reporting a savings of about 25 percent of their  

staff time on claims follow-up and appeals management with the system. “We are able to get a lot more  

eligibility data," says Mona. "For instance, we can tell if a patient has physical therapy benefits, what their  

maximum out-of-pocket is, whether or not they have eligibility for in-patient, out-patient or even mental health 

benefits. We’re not getting on the phone and then getting a fax and then getting online. Everything is in one  

place and one modality.”

Government
Agencies

Consumers

Developers

me most about Link is that it is going to be the care provider self-service application for the future. We continue  

Jim Becker, executive vice president, Benefit Operations, UnitedHealthcare, says, “One of the things that excites  

to work closely with Link users – application developers, administrators, physicians and other health professionals –  

to make it even more responsive to their needs. The goal is to enable users to combine applications, data,  

analytics and services to their own specifications to improve patient and population health while improving  

efficiency and reducing costs. This is just the beginning, not an end-point.” 

Mona agrees, “One of the unique features of Link is that it provides a collaborative opportunity between care  

providers and health plans. By innovating together, we’re able to move the needle a whole lot faster, reducing  

the costs of health care.”

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To watch a short video on this story, visit us at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/2014-annualRally: An interactive product that makes  
managing health easy and fun

Rally combines technology, gaming and social media to help people find personalized ways to eat better, 

move more, become more informed and improve their health. Based on each consumer's self-reported 

and digitally captured data, Rally provides multiple layers of engagement through rewards, coaching, 

tools, communities and content that promote healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Vanessa Weathers, a UnitedHealthcare member from New Hampshire, got to know Rally beginning  

with a simple survey that put her health in context by comparing her health risks with her chronological 

age. Vanessa was surprised how “young” she was. “Completing the health survey was easy and took 

no time at all,” she says. “I was excited to learn that my Rally Age was three years younger than I 

actually am.”

Based on data from the survey, Rally offered Vanessa a selection of “Missions.” One she chose was 

walking several times a week to get more exercise. “I enjoy hiking because I can be outside, and it’s 

almost like it’s not exercise at all. It’s a great way to stay active and get your heart rate up, but it’s not  

as boring as walking on a treadmill.”

Rally also offers communities of people who share their experiences. Vanessa says, “An issue I’ve 

struggled with is getting restful sleep. I found a community on Rally focused on sleep health. They  

share what’s worked for them and that way you learn new techniques.”

Vanessa likes the incentives Rally awards her for healthier behaviors and how easy it is to use,  

especially Rally’s mobile app for people on the go. “I think Rally will help me create healthy routines 

and behaviors that are sustainable for the rest of my life and not just short-term fixes.” As a result of 

Rally’s intuitive interface and personalization capabilities, its consumer engagement rate is 10 times the 

industry standard.

Grant Verstandig, founder and CEO of Rally Health, says, “If we can get consumers to use our product 

every day and change their behavior, decrease their risk of disease, help them manage how they eat and 

sleep and feel, we can really help people live healthier lives. The secret to making healthy changes is to 

do it in small, easy steps and we’ll be there every step of the way.” 

Vanessa Weathers says Rally, 
a personalized, interactive 
health and wellness platform, 
is helping her make choices 
that promote better health.

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To watch a short video on this story, visit us at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/2014-annualLiving up to our responsibilities as a good  
corporate citizen and steward of better health care

Everyone at UnitedHealth Group, Optum and UnitedHealthcare take very seriously our responsibilities to our shareholders, business associates, customers, consumers and 

the communities where we operate. We constantly strive to live up to the expectations people have for us as a health care company and the high standards of performance 

and behavior we have set for ourselves. We are honored to have been recognized for our continuing commitment to excellence.

Outstanding Business Performance

Journal’s list of the “25 Most Influential Companies 

UnitedHealth Group and its employees, was 

•  UnitedHealth Group was the top ranking company 

for Veteran Hiring” in 2014.

recognized with the Unsung Heroes award from the 

in the insurance and managed care sector on Fortune’s 

•  UnitedHealth Group was named a 2015 Top 100 

Philippines Department of Health in 2014.

2015 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list. This 

is the fifth straight year UnitedHealth Group ranked 

No.1 overall in its sector and the sixth consecutive year 

the company ranked No.1 in its sector for innovation.

Military Friendly Employer and a 2015 Military 

•  UnitedHealth Group received the Project Sunshine 

Spouse Friendly Employer by Victory Media, the 

Award for Corporate Philanthropic Leadership 

publisher of G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse magazines. 

in 2014. Project Sunshine provides free educational, 

•  U.S. Veterans magazine named UnitedHealth Group 

recreational and social programs to children and families 

•  Fortune magazine ranked UnitedHealth Group 

one of its Best of the Best companies for U.S. 

No. 14 in the 2014 rankings of the 500 largest U.S. 

veteran hiring in 2014.

living with medical challenges.

Protecting the Environment 

corporations based on 2013 revenues.

•  Fortune magazine ranked UnitedHealth Group 

No. 39 on its 2014 Global 500, a list of the world’s 

largest corporations based on 2013 revenues.

•  UnitedHealth Group was named to the Dow Jones 

Industrial Average, a blue chip group of 30 

companies deemed industry leaders, in 2012.

Supporting the Communities Where We Live 
and Work

•  UnitedHealth Group has been listed in the Dow Jones 

Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones North 

•  UnitedHealth Group was recognized as one of 

America Index annually since 1999. 

America’s 50 most community-minded companies 

for 2014 in the Civic 50, and ranked first in the health 

care industry for the second consecutive year.

•  In 2014, UnitedHealth Group was again recognized 
as a leader among S&P 500 companies by the 

environmental nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project 

•  UnitedHealth Group received the 2014 Best Corporate 

(CDP). Within the health care industry category, 

Supporting Our Employees

•  UnitedHealth Group earned a top rating of 

Steward – Large Business award from the U.S. 

Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate 

100 percent on the 2015 Corporate Equality Index 

Citizenship Center.

from the Human Rights Campaign.

•  Points of Light recognized UnitedHealth Group with the 

•  For the fourth consecutive year, the National Business 

2014 Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence 

Group on Health honored UnitedHealth Group with a 

for outstanding employee volunteer programs that 

Platinum award for being named one of the 

“Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” in 2014.

engage workers and improve communities.

•  The Typhoon Yolanda relief effort coordinated by 

•  UnitedHealth Group was named to Profiles in Diversity 

Project HOPE and underwritten exclusively by 

UnitedHealth Group was one of only three companies 

earning a position on the CDP Climate Disclosure 

Leadership Index, earning a score of 99 out of 100. 

•  UnitedHealth Group received a Bronze Class 

Sustainability Award in RobecoSAM’s 2014 

Corporate Sustainability Assessment. RobecoSAM 

assesses the sustainability performance of more than 

2,000 companies across 58 sectors.

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Our Culture

The people of this company are aligned around basic values that inspire our behavior 

health care professionals, hospitals and the individual consumers of health care.  

as individuals and as an institution:

Trust is earned and preserved through truthfulness, integrity, active engagement and 

Integrity. We are dedicated to the highest levels of personal and institutional integrity. 

We make honest commitments and work to consistently honor those commitments. 

collaboration with our colleagues and clients. We encourage the variety of thoughts 

and perspectives that reflect the diversity of our markets, customers and workforce.

We do not compromise ethics. We strive to deliver on our promises and we have the 

Innovation. We pursue a course of continuous, positive and practical innovation, 

courage to acknowledge mistakes and do whatever is needed to address them.

using our deep experience in health care to be thoughtful advocates of change and 

Compassion. We try to walk in the shoes of the people we serve and the people we 

work with across the health care community. Our job is to listen with empathy and 

to use the insights we gain to invent a better future that will make the health care 

environment work and serve everyone more fairly, productively and consistently. 

then respond appropriately and quickly with service and advocacy for each individual, 

Performance. We are committed to deliver and demonstrate excellence in everything 

each group or community and for society as a whole. We celebrate our role in serving 

we do. We will be accountable and responsible for consistently delivering high-quality 

people and society in an area so vitally human as their health.

and superior results that make a difference in the lives of the people we touch. 

Relationships. We build trust through cultivating relationships and working in 

productive collaboration with government, employers, physicians, nurses and other 

We continue to challenge ourselves to strive for even better outcomes in all key 

performance areas.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help people  

live healthier lives and to help 

make the health system work 

better for everyone.

•  We seek to enhance the performance of the 

•  We support the physician/patient relationship 

health system and improve the overall health 

and empower people with the information, 

and well-being of the people we serve and 

guidance and tools they need to make 

their communities. 

personal health choices and decisions. 

•  We work with health care professionals and 

other key partners to expand access to quality 

health care so people get the care they need 

at an affordable price.

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Our Leadership

Executive Officers and Leaders 
Stephen J. Hemsley  
Chief Executive Officer 

Eric S. Rangen  
Senior Vice President  
and Chief Accounting Officer 

Larry C. Renfro  
Vice Chairman,  
UnitedHealth Group and 
Chief Executive Officer, 
Optum

Jeannine M. Rivet  
Executive Vice President 

Marianne D. Short  
Executive Vice President  
and Chief Legal Officer 

Anthony Welters  
Executive Vice President

David S. Wichmann  
President and 
Chief Financial Officer 

D. Ellen Wilson  
Executive Vice President,  
Human Capital

Cory Alexander 
Executive Vice President, 
External Affairs 

Edson Bueno, M.D. 
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 
Amil

Terry Clark 
Senior Vice President, 
Marketing and Brand

Dirk McMahon 
Executive Vice President, 
Chief of Enterprise Operations

Richard Migliori, M.D. 
Executive Vice President,  
Medical Affairs and  
Chief Medical Officer

William A. Munsell  
Executive Vice President

Don Nathan  
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Communications Officer 

John S. Penshorn  
Senior Vice President,  
Capital Markets Communications  
and Strategy 

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Glenn M. Renwick  
Chairman, President and  
Chief Executive Officer,  
The Progressive Corporation 

Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.  
Special Advisor to the Chancellor  
for Health Affairs,  
The University of Texas System 

Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.  
Senior Fellow,  
Project HOPE, an international  
health foundation 

Audit Committee 
Glenn M. Renwick, Chair 
Robert J. Darretta 
Michele J. Hooper 

Nominating and Corporate 
Governance Committee 
Michele J. Hooper, Chair 
William C. Ballard, Jr. 
Douglas W. Leatherdale 

Compensation and  
Human Resources Committee
Rodger A. Lawson, Chair
William C. Ballard, Jr. 
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.

Public Policy Strategies  
and Responsibility Committee
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., Chair
Edson Bueno, M.D.
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.

Board of Directors 
William C. Ballard, Jr.  
Former Of Counsel,  
Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP 
(formerly Greenebaum Doll & 
McDonald PLLC) 

Edson Bueno, M.D. 
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 
Amil

Richard T. Burke  
Non-Executive Chairman,  
UnitedHealth Group 

Robert J. Darretta  
Retired Vice Chairman  
and Chief Financial Officer,  
Johnson & Johnson 

Stephen J. Hemsley  
Chief Executive Officer,  
UnitedHealth Group 

Michele J. Hooper  
President and Chief Executive Officer, 
The Directors’ Council, a company 
focused on improving the governance  
processes of corporate boards

Rodger A. Lawson 
Chairman, 
E*TRADE Financial Corporation 
and Retired President  
and Chief Executive Officer, 
Fidelity Investments —  
Financial Services 

Douglas W. Leatherdale  
Retired Chairman  
and Chief Executive Officer,  
The St. Paul Companies, Inc. 
(currently known as Travelers 
Companies, Inc.) 

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