About Us
UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. We are 340,000 colleagues in two distinct and complementary businesses working to help build a modern, high-performing health system through improved access, affordability, outcomes and experiences.
Optum delivers care aided by technology and data, empowering people, partners and providers with the guidance and tools they need to achieve better health. UnitedHealthcare offers a full range of health benefits, enabling affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience and delivering access to high quality care.
We work with governments, employers, partners and providers to care for 146 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission calls us, our values guide us and our diverse culture connects us as we seek to improve care for the consumers we are privileged to serve and their communities.
Corporate Fast Facts
Global Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota (9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, MN, 55343, United States)
Senior Leadership: Sir Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealth Group, Chief Executive Officer, Optum
We provide medical benefits to people residing in all 50 states in the United States and more than 130 other countries.
340,000 people worldwide power UnitedHealth Group with their entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to quality.
UnitedHealth Group invests nearly 3.5 billion annually in technology and innovation. We process more than 1.1 trillion digital transactions annually.
UnitedHealth Group’s workforce includes 85,000 physicians and nurses focused on helping people live healthier lives.
Our Core Businesses
Innovative and market-driven. Our businesses are committed to transforming health care worldwide. No matter where you start, you’ll be leaving the world a better place than you found it.
Mission and Values
Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone.
Everyday, we are tackling challenges and seizing every opportunity to transform health care. While the opportunities to deliver on our mission present themselves differently for everyone it takes integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation and performance in action to make a difference.
Integrity
We will honor commitments. We will never compromise ethics.
Compassion
We walk in the shoes of people we serve and those with whom we work.
Relationships
We will build trust through collaboration in order to take action and find solutions.
Innovation
We will learn from experiences of the past and use those insights to invent a better future.
Performance
We are committed to deliver and demonstrate excellence in everything we do.
Our Family of Businesses
The delivery of effective health care begins with committed doctors and caregivers, but is enhanced by partnering with UnitedHealth Group to leverage the support we provide in recruitment, the latest technologies, efficient operations, dedicated people and accurate, accessible information. Our family of businesses draw from an empowered physician model, allowing them to focus on quality care delivery to achieve greater outcomes for their patients and communities.
Our Awards
At UnitedHealth Group, our work impacts millions of people, in dozens of ways. We are making a difference with better ideas, and there is no limit to where we can go. We are driven to create better outcomes and healthier lives for those we serve, because there is always a better way to care, a better way to think and a better way to succeed.
