Unitedhealth Group (UNH)

Overall impact
C (60)

Commentary

Unitedhealth Group is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 59.5 for overall impact (62nd percentile compared to all companies), Unitedhealth Group ranks 11th out of 17 industry peers, behind Corestream, Advanzeon, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and 7 others, and ahead of Cigna, Elevance Health, Humana and 3 others. On top material causes for Unitedhealth Group's industry (Health Insurance), Unitedhealth Group performs well in Reduced Waste (81.4 score), Access to Affordable Healthcare (81.1), Equal Pay and Opportunity (81.4) and 3 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Child and Maternal Health (30.2 score), Child and Maternal Health (39.9), Reduced Use of tobacco (28.8) and 5 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Founded
1980
Employees
400,000
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Health Care Providers & Services
Sub-industry
Managed Health Care
SASB industry
Insurance
Headquarters
Mn, United States
Share classes
UNH
Mission
To help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone.
Description
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a health care company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage. The Optum Health segment provides care delivery, care management, wellness and consumer engagement, and health financial services patients, consumers, care delivery systems, providers, employers, payers, and public-sector entities. The Optum Insight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and managed services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The Optum Rx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and community health pharmacy services, infusion, and purchasing and clinical capabilities, as well as develops programs in the areas of step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease and drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Unitedhealth Group, based on its industry sub-industry Managed Health Care. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.
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