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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (April 23, 2009) — OptumHealth Inc. and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York announced today that the New York Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has approved a five-year contract to administer the Empire Plan Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program awarded by the Department of Civil Service (DCS). OptumHealth and UnitedHealthcare began servicing the Empire Plan on Jan. 1, 2009, through a one-year single source contract that served as an interim measure while the comptroller completed his review of the five-year contract. The final contract was approved on March 27, 2009, and covers more than one million Empire Plan enrollees.
OptumHealth and UnitedHealthcare are providing Empire Plan enrollees with access to comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment solutions that include an extensive network of clinicians to provide easy access to high-quality treatment, online resources and intensive case management for high-risk individuals.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to serve the State of New York with both behavioral and integrated medical and prescription drug programs through our affiliation with UnitedHealthcare,” said Gregory A. Bayer, Ph.D., chief executive officer for OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions. “Our partnership is one more way that OptumHealth is fulfilling its mission of helping people live their lives to the fullest.”
About OptumHealth
OptumHealth Inc. helps individuals navigate the health care system, finance their health care needs and achieve their health and well-being goals. The company’s personalized health advocacy and engagement programs tap a unique combination of capabilities that encompass care solutions, behavioral solutions, specialty benefits and financial services. Serving 60 million people, OptumHealth is one of the nation’s largest health and wellness businesses and is a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company. More information about OptumHealth can be found at www.optumhealth.com.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare (www.unitedhealthcare.com) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to individuals, public sector employers and businesses of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of more than 26 million individual consumers, contracting directly with more than 570,000 physicians and care professionals and nearly 4,900 hospitals to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group, a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
For more information, contact:
Brad Lotterman
Sr. Manager, External Communications
(714) 445-0453
brad.lotterman@optumhealth.com | 
