State Government
Providing quality health care coverage can help you attract and retain employees and keep them healthy. A UnitedHealthcare health benefits plan provides a broad provider network, accessible customer service, and is affordable. More than 34 state employers already use our solutions.
Accessible care
With the largest single proprietary provider network in the nation, your employees have access to physicians and hospitals anywhere they go. No referrals are required.
Dedicated service
An account management team focused on serving state employers gives you and your members responsive, knowledgeable support at all times. For example:
- Our on-site consultants will help you transition to the UnitedHealthcare health benefits plan, including support and training.
- Calls from you or your members are answered by a team of state government specialists. With a 92 percent first-call resolution rate1, our call centers members are knowledgeable and quick to respond.
Better care, more control, lower prices
Most organizations are concerned about ensuring quality care while keeping costs under control. To help you and your members save, we:
- Use our size to your advantage. With more than 26 million members, we can negotiate lower rates with providers and pass the savings along to you and your members.
- Make the most of our connections. The UnitedHealth Premium® designation program identifies providers that meet or exceed criteria for quality and cost-efficient care.
- Promote healthier decisions. The United With Me program helps members become savvy consumers by teaching ways to get-and stay-healthy.
Group coverage
UnitedHealthcare offers options from traditional to innovative health plans, all based on our world-class technology, enabling improvements in care and cost.
Specialty coverage
UnitedHealthcare offers all you need to create the right benefits package, including pharmacy, vision, dental, and life and disability coverage.
For information about products available contact your sales representative.
Retiree Benefits
We make it easy to extend the coverage for your active employees into retirement. We can guide you through our Medicare Solutions and modify them to meet the needs of your retirees. UnitedHealthcare offers the broadest portfolio in the industry and provides optimal financial value per dollar, meaning you can provide your members with more cost-effective choices.
UnitedHealthcare can lead you through the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) requirements associated with Medicare coverage. In addition, we can match product offerings with a variety of funding options ranging from self-funded to subsidized to a zero-dollar contribution.
Trends and Topics
Ensure a Quality Provider Network
Communicate Effectively about Health Care
Provide a Value-Based Plan
Success story
When members in Maryland were surveyed on their UnitedHealthcare state health plan, 97.3 percent said they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied." And 92.3 percent said customer service representatives were able to answer their questions.2
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