Northern California Physicians Management Group has awarded
UnitedHealthcare of California the 2013 Best Health Plan Award.
The Best Health Plan Award recognizes health insurers that advance “the
cause for quality in the health care industry.” UnitedHealthcare was
chosen from among five finalists in an online vote by health care
consumers. The award was presented at “Northern California’s 1st
Annual Healthcare Quality Summit” in Sacramento.
“UnitedHealthcare and our nearly 10,000 employees who live and work in
the Golden State are grateful for the opportunity to help provide
Californians with access to quality health care,” said Brandon Cuevas,
CEO, UnitedHealthcare of California. “We are honored by this recognition
from Northern California Physicians Management Group.”
UnitedHealthcare of California serves more than 125,000 health plan
participants in the Sacramento region and 2.4 million Californians
through a health care provider network that includes more than 57,000
physicians and nearly 320 hospitals statewide. UnitedHealthcare recently
was one of the health plans chosen to work with CalPERS to provide state
employees with cost-effective, quality health benefits and innovative
wellness programs.
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping improve access to quality
health care in the Golden State. UnitedHealthcare’s California Health
Care Investment Program has provided $269 million in financing to health
care organizations throughout the state that provide care to people who
live in underserved and underinsured communities.
This year, UnitedHealthcare awarded $5.2 million in grants to nine
health care organizations to support nonprofit clinics and hospitals
that improve health care services for underserved communities in
California. The grants included nearly $700,000 to Sierra Nevada
Memorial Hospital Foundation to help support its health information
exchange systems and advanced technology to better serve patients, and
$107,000 to Plumas District Hospital to support the hospital’s wellness
and medical education programs and improve the delivery of health care
services in Northern California.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live
healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships
with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health
benefit programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with 780,000 physicians and other
health care professionals and 5,900 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare serves more than 40 million people in
health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
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