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Monday, June 30, 2008
Leading Consumer-Directed Health Care Into the Future
An interview with OptumHealth CEO Dawn Owens.

OptumHealth CEO Dawn Owens is featured in the May/June 2008 issue of CDHC Solutions magazine. In the interview, Owens talks candidly about the challenges of ...
Friday, June 27, 2008
OptumHealth Provides Free Counseling Help Line For People Coping With California Wildfires

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (June 27, 2008) — OptumHealth announced today that it is providing a free help line to people in California coping with the emotional consequences of the wildfires affecting large portions of the state.

Staffed by experienced master’s-level b...
Friday, June 27, 2008
National Alliance On Mental Illness New Mexico Offers Free Video To Help Veterans Identify And Manage Mental Health Issues
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (June 27, 2008) – The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) New Mexico announced today that it is offering a free educational video to help returning soldiers in New Mexico identify and manage mental health issues, such a...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
OptumHealth Receives ‘HIP’ NCQA Quality Certification

Designation Reflects OptumHealth’s Expertise in Gathering and Disseminating Health Care Information for Health Plan Members

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., (June 26, 2008) – OptumHealth today announced that three of its offerings – Health ...

Monday, June 23, 2008
OptumHealth Ranked Largest Behavioral Health Provider by Psychotherapy Finances

More than 43 Million Individuals Have Access to OptumHealth’s Behavioral Health Services

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (June 23, 2008) – OptumHealth has been ranked by Psychotherapy Finances as the nation’s largest provider of menta...

Thursday, June 19, 2008
OptumHealth Financial Services Expands Electronic Payment Solution to Dental Industry to Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiency

Expansion Has Potential to Reduce Administrative Costs by More Than $100 Million a Year     

MINNETONKA, Minn., (June 19, 2008) – OptumHealth Financial Services announced today that it has expanded its

Thursday, June 12, 2008
OptumHealth’s Hispanic Web Site Wins Highest Health Care Honor at 2008 Interactive Media Awards

MenteSana-CuerpoSano.com Recognized for Rich Content and Ease of Use

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (June 12, 2008) – OptumHealth announced today that its Web site for the Hispanic community, MenteSana-CuerpoSano.com (Healthy Mind-Healthy Body) ...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
OptumHealth Provides Free Counseling Help Line for People Coping with Floods in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., (June 10, 2008) — OptumHealth announced today that it is providing a free help line to people in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin who are coping with the emotional consequences of recent floods affecting large portion...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions Awarded URAC Accreditation

Company’s United Behavioral Health Centers Receive Full Reaccreditation in
Eight Regions and One New Health Utilization Management Accreditation

PORTLAND, Ore., June 10, 2008 – OptumHealth, the nation’s largest health and...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Counseling Help Line Available for People in Minnesota and Iowa Hit By Tornadoes

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., (May 28, 2008) — OptumHealth announced today that it is providing a free help line to people in Minnesota and Iowa who are trying to cope with the emotional consequences of the recent tornadoes that hit the region. Staffed by ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
OptumHealth Education Receives Six Telly Awards For Educational Television Programming
Honored for Excellence in Health Care Education

MORRISTOWN, NJ (May 14, 2008) Continuing Medical Education (CME) provider OptumHealth Education, formerly i3 CME, w...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
OptumHealth Offers Help Line For People in Southern and Midwest States Hit By Tornadoes

GEORGIA, (May 14, 2008) OptumHealth has made available a free help line to people in Southern and Midwest states who are trying to cope with the emotional consequences of the recent tornadoes that hit the region. Staffed by experienced master’s-level behavioral health specialists, th...

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
‘Early Warning’ For Oral Cancer Now Covered Under UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits Dental Plans

Coverage Applies to New Screening Test Used by Dentists

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (May 13, 2008)UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits now provides coverage under all of its insured dental plans for a new oral can...

Monday, May 05, 2008
OptumHealth Disease Management Programs Receive Top Ranking from Business Insurance Magazine

Nation’s Largest Provider of Disease Management Services Covered More Than 41 Million Lives During 2007

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., (May 5, 2008) – OptumHealth has been ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the largest provider of Disease Management Services based on the...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
OptumHealth Decision Support Proven To Help Consumers Take Greater Control of Their Health Care
87 Percent of Consumers Reported Service Provides Meaningful Information to Help Make Health Care Decisions; 96 Percent Satisfied With The Help They Received

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2008) – OptumHealth reported from the World Health Care Congress today that 87 per...

Friday, April 18, 2008
OptumHealth’s Treatment Decision Support Honored in URAC’s Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards

OptumHealth recognized during first-ever nationwide competition of health management
programs that empower, protect consumers

Washington, D.C. April 18, 2008 – OptumHealth’s Treatment Decision Support ha...

Monday, March 31, 2008
OptumHealth Programs and Services Recognized for Quality
Receives Full Accreditation for Disease Management and Behavioral Health Programs from NCQA, the National Committee for Quality Assurance

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., (March 31, 2008) – OptumHealth, one of the nation’s largest consumer health services companies, announced today that ...

Monday, March 03, 2008
Exante Financial Services Becomes OptumHealth Financial Services
Name Change Reflects Integration of Financial Services with Health Care Solutions

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (March 3, 2008)— OptumHealth today announced its financial services unit, Exante Financial Services, will now operate under the name OptumHealth Financial Services. The chang...

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Exante Bank Names Kelvin L. Anderson as President
New Leadership Timed for Exante’s Transition to OptumHealth

Note: As of March 3, 2008, Exante Bank is known as OptumHealth Bank, a leading administrator of health savings accounts, or HSAs. Visit OptumHealthBank.com.

Friday, January 11, 2008
OptumHealth Introduces Portable Lifetime Personal Health Record

Enables Consumers to Retain Access to Their Own Health Information When
They Change Employers, Health Plans or Doctors

Minneapolis, Minn.,  January 11, 2008 – OptumHealth, one of the nation’s largest health and well-being comp...

Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Exante HSA Web Receives Top Ranking for Consumer Experience in Independent Evaluation

Note: As of March 3, 2008, Exante Bank is known as OptumHealth Bank, a leading administrator of health savings accounts, or HSAs. Visit OptumHealthBank.com.

Minnetonka, Minn., January 9, 2008 — Exante Bank’s Web site for healt...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Depression Intervention in Workplace Increases Employee Productivity 2.6 Hours a Week
Minneapolis, Minn., September 25, 2007 — A study conducted by Harvard Medical School, Group Health Cooperative’s Center for Health Studies and OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions (formerly United Behavioral Health) found that a systematic approach to identifying and treating depression not only ...
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Specialized Care Services is now OptumHealth

To simplify and amplify our value to our customers and the markets we serve, Specialized Care Services is consolidating multiple brand and company names into one organization dedicated to optimizing health and well-being -- OptumHeath.

  • Optum, ACN Group and United Resource Networks will become