Improving access to care is a key aspect of our mission to help people live healthier lives and make health care work better. The Optum Flu Shot Card and Coupon for Care programs are aimed at making it more likely that members will get the care they need by removing barriers in the form of inconvenience and cost.

The Optum Flu Shot Card is an employer-based flu vaccination card program. The card is mailed directly to the employee's home and can be used at leading pharmacies across the U.S. This program makes flu shots available to remote employees, spouses and dependents, rather than just to onsite employees, helping to reduce absenteeism and increase productivity by avoiding the flu.

The Coupon for Care program is designed to increase adherence to select recommended preventive care screenings, initially among our Medicaid-enrolled members. For our pilot, we identified diabetic members who had not received dilated retinal eye exams in one rural Tennessee county. Working together with contracted providers we designed a targeted mailing list of these members and mailed them coupons redeemable for a free eye exam in addition to an incentive gift card for everyone who participated. This pilot demonstrated a 20 percent increase for this important screening within only two weeks.

Providing better access to preventive care like flu shots and eye exams is just part of our long-standing commitment to advancing health promotion, disease prevention and wellness services for the people we serve.

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