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Nevada and our Evercare nurse practitioners serving the frail and elderly, which had historically been reported in
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual and UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, respectively.
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual’s results of operations will include OptumHealth Specialty Benefits,
including dental, vision, life and disability. There were no changes to our reportable segments as a result of these
changes. Our periodic filings beginning with our first quarter 2011 Form 10-Q will include historical segment
results restated to reflect the effect of this realignment.
Additional Information
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was incorporated in January 1977 in Minnesota. Our executive offices are
located at UnitedHealth Group Center, 9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343; our telephone
number is [phone].
You can access our website at www.unitedhealthgroup.com to learn more about our Company. From that site,
you can download and print copies of our annual reports to shareholders, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, along with amendments to those reports. You can also
download from our website our Articles of Incorporation, bylaws and corporate governance policies, including
our Principles of Governance, Board of Directors Committee Charters, and Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics. We make periodic reports and amendments available, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable
after we file or furnish these reports to the SEC. We will also provide a copy of any of our corporate governance
policies published on our website free of charge, upon request. To request a copy of any of these documents,
please submit your request to: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, 9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, MN 55343,
Attn: Corporate Secretary.
Our transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, can help you with a variety of shareholder-related services,
including change of address, lost stock certificates, transfer of stock to another person and other administrative
services. You can write to our transfer agent at: Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 64854, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55164-0854, email [email protected], or telephone [phone] or [phone].
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTING SEGMENTS
Health Benefits
The financial results of UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, and
UnitedHealthcare Community & State have been aggregated in the Health Benefits reporting segment due to
their similar economic characteristics, products and services, types of customers, distribution methods,
operational processes and regulatory environment. These businesses also share significant common assets,
including our contracted networks of physicians, health care professionals, hospitals and other facilities,
information technology infrastructure and other resources. Health Benefits utilizes the expertise of UnitedHealth
Group affiliates for capabilities in specialized areas, such as prescription drug services, behavioral health services
and fraud and abuse prevention and detection. Health Benefits arranges for discounted access to care through
networks that include a total of 730,000 physicians and other health care professionals and 5,300 hospitals across
the United States.
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual offers a comprehensive array of consumer-oriented health benefit plans
and services for large national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses and
individuals nationwide. UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual facilitated access to health care services on
behalf of approximately 25 million Americans as of December 31, 2010. With its risk-based product offerings,
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual assumes the risk of both medical and administrative costs for its
customers in return for a monthly premium, which is typically at a fixed rate per individual served for a one-year
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