UnitedHealthcare and Optum Take Action to Support People Affected by Tornadoes in Central Iowa

UnitedHealthcare and Optum Take Action to Support People Affected by Tornadoes in Central Iowa

• Assistance for UnitedHealthcare plan participants whose access to care or prescriptions needs may have been affected
• Free emotional-support help line from Optum open to anyone

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 20, 2018) – UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), are taking action to help people affected by the recent tornadoes that swept through parts of central Iowa.

Support includes assisting health plan participants who may need to make alternate arrangements to access care and early prescription refills, as well as offering a free emotional-support line to help people who might be affected.

• Help Finding a Network Care Provider, Early Refills: Plan participants who need help finding a care provider in the UnitedHealthcare network or obtaining early prescription refills can call customer care at the number located on the back of their medical ID cards.

• For plan participants who may have misplaced their medical ID cards, call 866-633-2446, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (in the local time zone), Monday through Friday. People enrolled in Medicaid, employer-sponsored and individual health plans (except Medicare) who have a smartphone can download the free Health4Me app, which provides instant access to their ID card, network care providers, their personal health benefits and more. The Health4Me app is available as a free download at the Apple iTunes App Store and the Android Market on Google Play.

• Free Help Line: Optum, a leading health and behavioral health services company, is offering a free emotional-support help line.

The toll-free number, 866-342-6892, will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for as long as necessary. The service is free of charge and open to anyone. Specially trained Optum mental health specialists help people manage their stress and anxiety so they can continue to address their everyday needs. Callers may also receive referrals to community resources to help them with specific concerns, including financial and legal matters.

Along with the toll-free help line, emotional-support resources and information are available online at www.liveandworkwell.com.

About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone. UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through two distinct platforms: UnitedHealthcare, which provides health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum, which provides information and technology-enabled health services. For more information, visit UnitedHealth Group at www.unitedhealthgroup.com or follow @UnitedHealthGrp on Twitter.

Media Contact:
Dimitri Senaratna
UnitedHealth Group
952-936-3275
dimitri_senaratna@uhg.com

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Consumers Reach $1 Billion Mark in Incentives with Rally Health

Consumers Reach $1 Billion Mark in Incentives with Rally Health

Milestone highlights growing value of Rally offerings that drive meaningful health engagement and behavior change

SAN FRANCISCO AND WASHINGTON, D.C., (JULY 17, 2018) – People who use Rally HealthSM, Inc. digital health and wellbeing tools have earned more than $1 billion in health-related incentive rewards since 2016 by making choices that lead to better health. Rally Health is the consumer digital health platform of Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group [NYSE:  UNH]. 

Rally helps people improve and maintain their health by encouraging simple changes in their everyday routines and helping them achieve goals and track their progress while they earn valuable incentive dollars that can be applied to a variety of health and personal priorities. 

Nearly 2.5 million people use Rally each week. Rally users have set millions of health-related goals and routinely access programs for losing weight, reducing stress, staying on top of preventive care, quitting smoking and much more. 

“People who use Rally are clearly more engaged with their health, and the $1 billion in incentives they’ve earned prove it,” said Rhett Woods, chief creative officer, Rally Health. “By assessing their health opportunities or simply choosing and achieving meaningful goals, people are working toward healthier lives and being rewarded for it.”

Consumers predominantly use Rally incentive rewards to support health priorities. To date, 86 percent of the employer-sponsored financial incentives earned have been applied toward planning, saving and paying for health care related expenses:

  • Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) contributions – 38 percent
  • Heath Savings Account (HSA) Contributions –  26 percent
  • Health Benefit Premium Reduction – 22 percent

Beyond these options, many people earn gift cards and additional rewards which they can use to make charitable donations, purchase discounts or enter for a chance to win health-related products through Rally-sponsored auctions and sweepstakes.

To learn more about Rally, visit www.rallyhealth.com/platform/engage/

About Rally Health, Inc.

Rally Health, Inc. is a consumer-centric digital health company that makes it easy for individuals to take charge of their health and collaborates with health plans, care providers, and employers to engage consumers. The company’s flagship offering is Rally®, a digital health platform featuring a suite of online and mobile solutions that help people manage their health and health care needs: Rally EngageSM focuses on personalized health and well-being support; Rally ChoiceSM is a health benefits marketplace; and Rally ConnectSM offers care provider search and cost transparency. More than 35 million consumers have access to the Rally platform through more than 200,000 employers, and payers such as UnitedHealthcare, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Health Alliance, and others. With offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver, the team behind Rally Health has been working together since 2010 to transform the consumer health industry. For more information, please visit www.RallyHealth.com.

Media Contact

Lauren Mihajlov

Rally Health, Inc.

(952) 205-6312