UnitedHealth Group Advances Senior Leadership Team
June 28 2019 - 6:55AM
Business Wire
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) announced changes to its senior
executive team as part of its longstanding approach to building
broad and deeply experienced leaders.
“At a time when UnitedHealth Group is performing strongly in the
marketplace on multiple dimensions, we are advancing leaders who
will improve the overall health and well-being of the people we
serve and their communities, and further enhance the performance of
the health system,” said David S. Wichmann, chief executive
officer, UnitedHealth Group. “Our consistent approach over the
years is to provide our executives with a breadth of experience
across the company, ensuring they can deploy the full set of our
capabilities to everyone we serve in the interest of achieving
better health outcomes and a better experience for people while
meaningfully lowering health care costs.”
Specific changes include Dirk C. McMahon, currently president
and chief operating officer of Optum, becoming CEO of
UnitedHealthcare; and Daniel J. Schumacher, currently president and
chief operating officer of UnitedHealthcare, becoming president and
chief operating officer of Optum.
In addition to his role at Optum, McMahon has held numerous
senior positions since joining the company in 2003, including
running UnitedHealth Group enterprisewide operations and serving as
CEO of OptumRx. McMahon follows Steve Nelson, who is retiring from
UnitedHealthcare after a successful tenure as its CEO.
Schumacher’s new role includes oversight of OptumInsight, the
company’s data, analytics and technology business, Optum Technology
and Optum operations. Schumacher has held numerous senior positions
across UnitedHealth Group since joining the company in 1999.
“We are deeply grateful to Steve Nelson for his 15 years of
service – each day over those years Steve brought a sharp focus on
our members, the providers who care for them and our colleagues who
support them – all with the highest level of integrity. We are a
better company as a result of his service, and he is leaving at a
time of strength in the business,” said Wichmann.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health care
company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and
helping 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
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