Research a health care organization or network that spans several states with in the United States (United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Health, etc.). Assess the readiness of the health care organization or network you chose in regard to meeting the health care needs of citizens in the next decade. Prepare a 1,000-1,250 word paper that presents your assessment and proposes a strategic plan to ensure readiness. Include the following: Describe the health care organization or network

Research a health care organization or network that spans several states with in the United States (United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Health, etc.). Assess the readiness of the health care organization or network you chose in regard to meeting the health care needs of citizens in the next decade. Prepare a 1,000-1,250 word paper that presents your assessment and proposes a strategic plan to ensure readiness. Include the following: Describe the health care organization or network

Health Organization Evaluation

UnitedHealth Group is one of the diversified health care organization in the United States
of America headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, America. The organization provides health
care benefits to the population through Optum and UnitedHealth care (Dianis, Wolbach &
Spiegelman, 2016). The service that is offered by UnitedHealth group is based on the three core
competencies. They include actionable health care data information, organization of clinical
resources as well as the advanced enabling technology (United Health Group, 2015). As such,
the united health group has a highly flexible and adaptable business model which enables it to
offer quality services to its clients across its vast branches in the United States of America and
other countries in the world. Further, the adaptable and flexible business, model enables the
organization to address all emerging needs in the ever-dynamic health care landscape.
UnitedHealth care offers a variety of health benefits which are geared towards addressing
the needs of patients and the organization employees in different dimensions. In this case, those
people who are aged 50 year and above are taken care through Medicare as well as other
beneficial products which are in line with the needs of such group of people. As such, the
organization provides a public health market place based on innovative medical solutions. In its
show of readiness, the organization serves different groups of persons which include the retirees,
members of the US military and their families (United Health Group, 2015). Nonetheless, the
organization is expanding its services to the global health care market.
Furthermore, the Optum division in the UnitedHealth group concentrates on the
population health management, operations elements of the system and delivery of medical care
and clinical practices (United Health Group, 2015). It is at the forefront in managing the health
of the population as it serves the physical, mental as well as the financial requirements of the

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company alongside their clients. Due to this, Optum has become one of the leading health
information offering services in the world. The readiness of the organization is demonstrated by
the fact that it has a large number of workforce totaling 190,000 professionals globally (United
Health Group, 2015). Notably, the services of UnitedHealth care is available in every state in
America and other 125 countries across the world.
UnitedHealth care group understands that the health care system in the United States of
America needs transformational change that is geared towards providing high-quality health care
services at a low cost. As such, the company has emphasized on the importance of adopting new
techniques and technologies which will ensure delivery of quality health care outcome through
enhancing the delivery of care, connectivity and proper use of public resources (United Health
Group, 2015). The UnitedHealth care Company believes that the health benefits did not start and
should not end after the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care
Act. Therefore, there is a need for future improvement among the health care providers such as
UnitedHealth care and this can only be possible through collaboration with both private and
public sectors in the entire health care sector.
The organization is thus committed to making sure that there is strong support to making
quality health care accessible to all. To ensure this is attained, there is a need to adopt innovative
approaches that are aimed at reducing the cost of accessing health care (United Health Group,
2015). This will help lower the medical burden on the federal government, employees in the
organization and the consumers of the health care services. It should be noted however that the
higher spending of the UnitedHealth group does not lead to better health care results since many
people cannot access the services. However, when the health care services are made accessible to

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all, it would ensure that the participants will realize value for the spending on the health sector.
This will go hand in hand in improving organization network.
The main principles that the UnitedHealth group proposes for the improvement of the
health care services in the future include optimizing the use of the resources and establishing a
foundation for employer-based health coverage (United Health Group, 2015). Also, the
organization believes in employing a progressive appro