OptumHealth’s Quarterly News Brief
To Our Valued Consultant Partners:
Happy New Year!
We know how difficult it is to stay abreast of the latest news given your busy schedules, so we have compiled an update containing information and links for greater detail that we believe you will find useful.
As always, please feel free to contact us at National Consultant Relations or your OptumHealth Account or Sales Executive if you have questions or would like additional information. Thank you for your interest.
Sincerely,
Camille Haltom
National Vice President, Consultant Relations,
OptumHealth
OptumHealth Launches Consultant Clinical Summit & Advisory Board
OptumHealth was pleased to present the inaugural Consultant Clinical Summit on November 14 – 16, 2011. The theme of the Summit was “Partnering to Create Sustainable Health Communities.” This by invitation event focused on how Optum is contributing to health care innovation and modernization, and working with clients on leading edge initiatives.
Senior clinical and consulting specialty experts from major national consulting firms attended and contributed greatly to the success of the Summit. OptumHealth was also pleased to host the inaugural meeting of the OptumHealth Consultant Advisory Board on November 16, 2011. The Advisory Board is comprised of industry thought leaders and experts from several national and specialty consulting firms, and we look forward to working with this dynamic group in the future.
We are pleased to offer consultants access to the presentation materials from the Clinical Summit. Over two days we provided a wealth of information, and we hope you find it interesting and useful. Please click here to link to the materials via our OptumHealth Consultant Portal.
Spotlight! New White Paper Highlights Success of Healthy Employee Program
OptumHealth recently released a new white paper highlighting the success of the GOh! Healthy Employee Program.
The white paper explores the components and success factors that show how OptumHealth applied its employee health approach to drive engagement and participation and to achieve improved medical cost savings.
Click here to download the white paper.
Upcoming OptumHealth Webinars
OptumHealth is offering the following webinars to clients and consultants. Please feel free to join us!
How Employers Evaluate Health Management: A Research Study
Thursday, February 2, 2012
2 – 3 p.m. EST
In this new Webinar, the OptumHealth® Institute will walk you through independent survey results that show the current state of employers’ ability to evaluate and derive health care cost savings from their health and wellness programs.
Click here to register!
OptumHealth Launches New Trade Advertising Campaign
OptumHealth is running trade print and digital ads directed to the employer and consultant markets through February 2012.
The trade ads feature the OptumHealth Total Population Solution branded HelpCareTM. Each of the print ads features an employee and illustrates the cost savings that the HelpCareTM solution can bring to employers if it were a part of their company’s health care offerings.
In addition to the print ads there are accompanying digital ads and dedicated employer and consultant website landing page, utilizing the same creative, on www.Optum.com where employers or consultants can visit and provide contact information to receive a follow-up call from an Optum sales professional
Print ads are appearing in HR Magazine and Employee Benefit Advisor. Digital ads appear on SHRM online, Employee Benefits Advisor online, Consulting Magazine, and SmartBriefs.
Our goal is to provide employers and consultants with a compelling offer that is unique in the marketplace and will provide them with the information and tools they need to better serve their clients and their client’s total population.
What is OptumHealth’s HelpCare Total Population Solution (TPS)?
HelpCare TPS is an evolution of the “GreenPrint” total population management solution that was introduced in early 2011. HelpCare TPS is a full continuum health and wellness solution that focuses on increasing employers’ overall return on investment by flexing health management resources to target and engage individuals with high value health improvement opportunities.
HelpCare TPS takes a fresh approach to consumer engagement by recognizing that individuals engage best in health management services that are simple, convenient, and relevant to their everyday needs.
Unlike traditional health management models that focus primarily on telephonic outreach as a means of activation, HelpCare TPS shifts the focus to encouraging consumers to initiate interactions with OptumHealth resources on an inbound basis through consumer activation tactics that are both personalized to the individual consumer and to the culture of the employer. The consumer activation tactics keep consumers’ gaps in care top of mind while also providing a call to action for the consumers to engage with us via multiple modalities such as telephone, online health and wellness experience, mobile application or text messaging, and onsite at the workplace.
The result, compared to more traditional health and wellness models, is an exponential increase in engagement and consumer satisfaction, as well as a demonstrable impact on health care spend, transparency, and value.
With the HelpCare Total Population Solution, the employer benefits from:
- Focused consumer activation tools and culture of health for their population
- Better outcomes and cost savings through flexible, full continuum health management
- Proprietary tools and reporting that demonstrate real-time value and transparency
HelpCare solutions are focused on the individual – not the condition.
- With the HelpCare Advisor component, employees are reached at the point of decision and helped to make informed choices regarding their health care needs.
- The HelpCare Wellness component provides lifestyle modification techniques and tips that positively impact health behaviors.
HelpCare encourages healthy lifestyle changes, proactively seeks to help members become healthy and addresses those that need the most help. HelpCare is an innovative solution that will save everyone money.
Dr. Seth Serxner Joins Health Management Solutions
OptumHealth is excited to announce that Seth Serxner, Ph.D., M.P.H., has joined OptumHealth Care Solutions as Senior Vice President, Population Health, and Chief Health Officer. In this role, Dr. Serxner will use his deep knowledge of behavior change and population health to bring strategic leadership across our many Care Solutions products and markets. He will also use his expertise in measurement and evaluation to expand our research base in order to drive innovation and ensure that our comprehensive health and wellness products provide quality and value.
Dr. Serxner has 25 years of experience in both academia and private industry and most recently was a partner in Mercer’s Total Health Management (THM) specialty practice, where he provided thought leadership on strategy, incentive designs and measurement. We are pleased that his addition to our leadership team will help us provide more innovation and accountability to our clients and partners.
OptumHealth Wellness Solutions
70% of people say that living a healthy lifestyle is a high priority but 69% of people need help breaking a bad habit. This includes quitting smoking to losing weight or eating better and exercising more.
Watch our three minute video on how OptumHealth leads the Wellness Industry through comprehensive and integrated wellness solutions.
OptumHealth Wellness Video
Announcing the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health
Optum recently launched The Optum Institute which leverages Optum’s broad industry reach and expertise to provide leadership, analysis and insight into the rapidly changing health care landscape. And by working in partnership with hospitals, clinicians, government and community organizations, in addition to our own industry experts, the Optum Institute will provide high level thought leadership on how best to improve and transform the U.S. health care system.
Activities through The Optum Institute include industry research, policy forums, executive education programs, and helping foster the development of Sustainable Health Communities – communities and systems that are clinically integrated and financially viable so as to increase the quality of care, improve patient experiences, and reduce overall health care costs.
To learn more, log on to Institute.Optum.com. There you will also be able to find our new ‘Manifesto’ publication and highly topical results of a major new Optum Institute/Harris Interactive survey of 3,400 U.S. physicians, hospitals and consumers on many subjects relevant to Optum’s work in making the health care system work better for everyone.
UnitedHealth Group Named Nine-Time Winner at 2011 eHealthcare Leadership Awards
UnitedHealth Group was a nine-time winner in the highly-regarded 2011 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, receiving Platinum, Gold, Silver and Distinction honors for websites and digital content from across the enterprise.
For 12 years, the annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards program has recognized excellence and innovation in digital and web-based content from a wide spectrum of organizations across the health care industry. These awards highlight how health care companies have leveraged the Internet in creative and effective ways not only to meet key business objectives, but to better serve customers.
UnitedHealth Group received the following awards:
Platinum
- UnitedHealth Group’s workatuhg.com – Best Mobile Communications
- United Health Foundation’s www.americashealthrankings.org – Best Overall Internet Site
- United Health Foundation’s www.americashealthrankings.org – Best Site Design
Gold
- OptumHealth’s www.myoptumhealth.com – Best Health/Healthcare Content
Silver
- OptumRx’s www.prescriptionsolutions.com – Best eBusiness Site
- UnitedHealthcare’s Source 4 Women – Best Interactive Site
- OptumHealth’s www.myoptumhealth.com – Best Overall Internet Site
Distinction
- UnitedHealthcare’s www.uhclatino.com – Best Care/Disease Management Site
- UnitedHealth Group’s Innovation site www.uhginnovation.com – Best Interactive Site
This recognition builds on last year’s success, when the company received eight awards – one Platinum, three Gold, three Silver and one Distinction – for various websites across the business segments.
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