# UnitedHealth Group

> UnitedHealth Group is a publicly traded health care and well-being company built around two complementary businesses: UnitedHealthcare, which provides commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health benefits, and Optum, which delivers care, pharmacy services, analytics, technology and consulting. Its scale and vertical integration let it connect coverage, clinical delivery, prescriptions and data across the health system, serving individuals as well as employers, governments, providers and health plans. That reach is its defining advantage and also the reason its pricing, care-management and data practices receive sustained public and regulatory scrutiny.

- **Founded:** 1977
- **Headquarters:** Eden Prairie, United States
- **Founders:** Richard Taylor Burke (Founder and former CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 390,000 employees as of December 31, 2025
- **Products:** UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare Community & State, Optum Health, Optum Insight
- **Notable:** Reported $447.6 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, up 12% year over year., Ranked No. 3 on the 2025 Fortune 500, based on 2024 revenue., Built Optum Health into a care platform serving more than 99 million individuals and operating more than 2,000 care sites.

## Products & services

- **UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual** — Commercial health benefit plans and administrative services for employers, individuals and families.
- **UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement** — Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Part D and retiree health benefit products.
- **UnitedHealthcare Community & State** — Managed health programs for Medicaid beneficiaries and other public-sector populations.
- **Optum Health** — Primary, specialty, urgent, surgical, behavioral, in-home and virtual care, including value-based care arrangements.
- **Optum Insight** — Health care software, analytics, consulting, payment and revenue-cycle capabilities for payers, providers and governments.
- **Optum Rx** — Pharmacy benefit management, specialty and infusion pharmacy, community pharmacy, home delivery and consumer pharmacy tools.
- **UHC Store and Lifestyle Spending Account** — A digital marketplace and employer-funded post-tax account for eligible health, wellness and lifestyle purchases.
- **Benefit Assist** — An AI-enabled capability that identifies when eligible members may qualify for supplemental cash benefit payments.

## Achievements

- Reported $447.6 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, up 12% year over year.
- Ranked No. 3 on the 2025 Fortune 500, based on 2024 revenue.
- Built Optum Health into a care platform serving more than 99 million individuals and operating more than 2,000 care sites.
- Optum Rx serves more than 61 million people and contracts with more than 67,000 pharmacies nationwide.
- UnitedHealthcare serves more than 13 million people across Medicare offerings and has been described as serving one in five Medicare beneficiaries.
- UnitedHealth Group and its related foundation and businesses report more than $1.3 billion in charitable contributions and community support since 2000.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported second-quarter revenue of $112.0 billion and raised full-year adjusted earnings guidance to $19.50-$20.00 per share.
- **2026-07** — Said it had completed all 23 improvements announced through its independent review program and published a review of HouseCalls coding practices.
- **2026-07** — UnitedHealthcare launched a Lifestyle Spending Account integrated with UHC Store for eligible commercial members.
- **2026-05** — Optum Rx announced a fee-based pharmacy care pricing model for PBM customers, with a transition away from pricing tied to drug list prices or prescription volume.
- **2026-01** — Reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $447.6 billion and issued a 2026 outlook.
- **2026-01** — UnitedHealthcare said its AI-enabled Benefit Assist capability was helping automate supplemental cash benefit payments.

## Links

- Website: https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitedhealth-group
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnitedHealthGrp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnitedHealthGroup
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedhealthgroup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unitedhealthgroup/

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