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Performance inspired

by purpose
An overview of Optum in India

Meet
Optum
01 A diversified enterprise with
complementary yet distinct business platforms

02 Optum – a health services innovation


Table of contents

company

03 Optum in India – one of the fastest growing digital health


technology companies in the country

04 Our people and culture

05 Meet our leaders

06 United on a journey to improve health care

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A diversified enterprise with
complementary yet distinct
business platforms

Ranked 5th $287.6B


of the Fortune 500 FY 2021 revenue

350,000 $5.1B investment


employees in in innovation/
16 countries technology/research
and development
Health care coverage Information and
and benefits technology-enabled health

OUR MISSION services


$222.9B $155.6B
FY 2021 revenue Helping people live healthier lives and helping FY 2021 revenue
make the health
system work better for everyone
Employer & Individual Optum Health
Medicare & Retirement Optum Insight
Community & State Optum Rx
Global

UnitedHealth Group, with distinctive competencies in clinical excellence, technology, and insights, across our
businesses – Optum and UnitedHealthcare, helps deliver innovative and end-to-end solutions that aim to solve
for many of the biggest health care challenges of today. We are developing the next-generation health system
that is simpler and more effective for those that experience, provide and pay for care. With this, we are working
to achieve the triple aim of health care - improving access to care, cost of care and quality of care – globally.

UHG is the only company, amongst its peers, that has been recognized by both Civic 50 and Dow Jones
Sustainability World and North America indices, since these respective initiatives began in 2012 and 1999.
Read more about sustainability at UHG here.

Detailed investor information is available here. Download our 2021 Investor Conference Book here.

Review our 2020 key performance indicators here.

Access the UnitedHealth Group financial and earnings reports here.

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Optum is a health
services innovation
company
Working to create
a healthier world for all

Consumers Providers Employers Health plans Life Sciences Government


129M+ 9 out of 10 9 out of 10 4 out of 5 99 40 states of the
empowered U.S. hospitals Fortune 100 organizations organizations United States
individuals D.C. and 100+ federal,
state and municipal
agencies

Optum delivers differentiated value, touching nearly every facet of the health
system through three business segments:

Optum Insight Optum Health Optum Rx


A comprehensive, connected health Connecting the health system with data Providing improved pharmacy
care delivery and engagement and analytics, technology and health experiences with transparent pricing,
platform, providing high-quality care, care expertise to help customers set expansive home delivery footprint,
meeting chronic and complex health strategy, reduce administrative costs, innovative specialty drug and
needs, through in-person, virtual and improve clinical performance and formulary management, and a digital-
digital clinical platforms. transform operations. first consumer experience.
• 250M+ lives of clinical and claims • 100M unique individuals served by • >73 memberservice NPS3
data for research and innovation Optum Health • $117B in pharmaceutical spend
• ≈1.2B transactions processed • 300K in-network behavioral health managed annually
annually through Optum Data providers
Exchange • $288B in payments across 2.1 million
• ≈$30B in annual health plan and providers
employer savings through Optum
payment integrity solutions

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Optum in India
One of the fastest growing digital health technology
companies in the country

Optum was established in


India in 2002.
Through our India operations, we serve as a high value
partner for the enterprise, with the potential to augment
health care operations globally. Established in 2002, as
Noida
one of the first global geographies, the India operations
leverage a "team of teams" approach across our 30K+ Gurugram
workforce that architects and delivers end-to-end
technology enabled solutions to our clients.
We are uniquely positioned to fuel the UnitedHealth
Group and Optum agendas around profitable growth,
consumer-centric engagement, digitization and analytics.
Our operations and technology capabilities, bolstered by
over 2,000 targeted processes, span the entire health care
value chain and are augmented by advanced analytics and
automation solutions
Optum has state-of-the-art delivery centers across 5 cities:
Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.
Hyderabad

Bengaluru
Chennai

Optum Global Solutions XLHealth – ITC

hCentive Technology Optum International


(Optum Health and Technology)
XLHealth – Abacus
Optum Insight India Pvt. Ltd.
XLHealth – Sapphire

Note: Indicates all Optum businesses in India

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A bird’s eye view of
our services and capabilities
Business
Business process Technology, analytics process

solutions and automation Technology

Our operations teams in India work India is home to the largest


on transformative solutions across technology team for Optum
Advanced
capabilities*
Health care
product/benefit configuration, outside of the United States of
network management, end-to- America. We pursue technology
Infrastructure
solution sets
end claims processing, including as a unifying force, bringing
appeals and grievances, billing together deep industry expertise
& enrollment, medical coding, with data, advanced analytics, Business
revenue cycle management, and reengineering and automation, and model
provider data operations. emerging technology. By adopting optimization
technologies such as artificial
intelligence, deep learning and
*Advanced analytics, reengineering and automation​
To deliver measurable and natural language processing, we
sustainable performance deliver quality, innovation, speed,
improvement across all services, and scale at comparatively low quality engineering, cloud
our teams are enabled by the costs. engineering, information security,
transformational capabilities robotic process automation, product
Our comprehensive IT delivery,
inbuilt in business excellence, development and management,
product and data engineering, and
operational excellence, learning global applied research, big data
advanced research and analytics
and development, transitions, analytics, data science, clinical
capabilities include, application,
business quality and workforce analytics, reporting and business
and development, testing and data
management functions. intelligence, fraud, waste and abuse,
warehousing,
payment integrity and more.

UiPath awards - Best RPA Centre Recognized by Working Mother Silver award for “business
of Excellence award for the second and Avtar for the fourth year in a transformation impact” at SSON
consecutive year and Jury Recognition row for “100 Best Companies for Shared Services and Outsourcing
Award for excellence in industry led Women in India 2021” Impact Awards
automation.

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Our United Culture
Our United Culture brings us together and our
values guide us, inspire our behaviors, and hold us
together as individuals and as an organization:

Integrity Compassion Relationships


Honor commitments. Walk in the shoes of people we serve Build trust through collaboration.
Never compromise ethics. and those with whom we work.

Innovation Performance
Invent the future and learn Demonstrate excellence in
from the past. everything we do.

Celebrating our people, Sustaining high performance and Developing and growing our talent
resilience by supporting employee with robust virtual onboarding
ideas and experiences, well-being – We take a holistic and digital self-assessment
and creating a culture of approach to our employees’ tools – Our talent development
inclusion and diversity wellbeing, supporting both their initiatives provide employees with
physical and mental health. All learning experiences, formal and
Fostering an inclusive, equitable employees have access to Sanvello® informal education, and mentoring
and diverse environment – We – a digital tool for stress, anxiety and opportunities to grow their skills and
promote education, ongoing dialogue, depression. careers.
connection and awareness to mitigate
unwelcome bias and support every
employee to bring their authentic self
to work.

UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealth Group received The Disability Equality UnitedHealth Group was
was named to Forbes’ a perfect score of 100 on the Index® (DEI) has named the top ranked company in
list of America’s Human Rights Campaign UnitedHealth Group the insurance and managed
500 Best Large Foundation’s corporate one of the best places care sector on Fortune’s
Employers for 2022. equality index 2022, earning to work for disability 2022 “World’s Most Admired
the distinction of one of the inclusion in 2021. Companies” list for the 12th
“Best Places to Work for consecutive year.
LGBTQ Equality.”

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Meet our leaders

Laura Ciavola Ritesh Talapatra Anne Chang


President, Optum Global Solutions Managing Director, Optum Global Vice President, Human Capital, Optum
(OGS) Solutions (India) Private Limited Global Solutions (OGS)
Laura leads the OGS organization. An industry veteran with 24 years of Anne provides direct leadership to the
Prior to this role, Laura was the chief experience, Ritesh oversees strategy, human capital, talent acquisition and
operating officer for OGS. She has execution, delivery and governance talent development teams at Optum
previously worked with XLHealth, and also leads the technology Global Solutions. Prior to this, Anne
Amerigroup, Ernst & Young, among organization at OGS. He has worked with Medtronic in various roles
other global companies. previously worked with Capgemini, across the US, Japan and China.
Bank of America and Hyperion.

Swati Rangachari Gandhi Sampath Vijay Cherukuri


Vice President and Country Vice President, Health and Enterprise Vice President, IT, Optum Global
Leader, Public Affairs and Strategic Clinical Technology, Optum Global Solutions (India) Private Limited
Engagements, Optum Global Solutions (India) Private Limited  Vijay is a seasoned technology
Solutions (India) Private Limited An accomplished technology executive with a proven track
A seasoned public policy and professional with 26 years of record to start and scale, turn
corporate affairs leader, Swati has experience, Gandhi has led product around and transform businesses.
close to 26 years of experience in management, customer success, He is accountable for strategy
driving government and industry engineering, sales engineering development and execution and
synergies while also mentoring (pre-sales) and partner engineering maturity of enterprise enablement
diversity, sustainability and corporate functions for leading-edge technology and platform services (EEPS),
responsibility mandates. She has platforms. He has previously worked global delivery (GIC/GCC) and core
previously worked with Boeing, with Google, Apigee, Oracle, Microsoft infrastructure (multi cloud).
Ericsson and STL Technologies, etc.
amongst others.

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Sureshkumar Rajasekar PhD Manoj Kapoor Mani Chacko
Vice President, Technology, Vice President, Technology and Vice President, OptumRx
Optum Global Solutions (India) Head of Optum Startup Studio India, Technology, Optum Global Solutions
Private Limited Optum Global Solutions (India) (India) Private Limited
Suresh leads the Optum Insight Private Limited Mani came to Optum via the
product engineering group based A passionate product engineering, acquisition of the Advisory Board
out of Bengaluru, India. Suresh has product management, research and Company by Optum in 2017. Prior
a passion for creating breakthrough innovation leader, Manoj has over 25 to his current role, Mani was part of
products, platforms and solutions. He years of experience in a variety of the product engineering leadership
has over 21 years of experience in the leadership roles and industries. He has team at Optum Insight, where he led
areas of research and development previously worked with the National product development teams that
of medical devices, software product Stock Exchange, Perot Systems/Dell served health care providers and life
development and business leadership. Services, CGI, Edifecs and RoundGlass sciences companies.
Partners.

Santosh Gopynadhan Valli P. Bollavaram Nishid Sachdeva


Vice President, Technology, Vice President, Software Engineering, Vice President, Operations and
Optum Global Solutions (India) Optum Global Solutions (India) Country Lead, Optum Global
Private Limited Private Limited Solutions (India) Private Limited
Santhosh currently leads the A seasoned technology leader, Valli A dynamic business operations
Optum financial India charter and is has 25 years of experience in building leader, Nishid has 23 years of
responsible for managing product world-class teams and driving experience leading global business
development and operations. innovative technology solutions at a processes, including service delivery,
His career and experience span global scale. She has previously worked process excellence, digitization,
over 21 years, during which he has with Gap Inc., Microsoft, Target etc. business continuity planning, and
worked in different roles in multiple more. He has previously worked with
organizations like PayPal, Fiserv and Unisys Global Services India, Dell,
The Advisory Board Company. Genpact etc.

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Abhishek Kumar Surinder Singh Rahul Sharma
Vice President, Operations, Vice President, Operations, Vice President, Operations,
Optum Global Solutions (India) Optum Global Solutions (India) Optum Global Solutions (India)
Private Limited Private Limited Private Limited
Abhishek oversees multi -geo service Surinder oversees execution, delivery Rahul leads provider operations at
delivery across back office and and governance for Medicare and Optum in India. In his previous roles,
customer service for the Optum Health Medicaid operations at Optum Rahul lead all lines of UnitedHealthcare
business segment. Abhishek has over Global Solutions. Surinder has over businesses at Optum in India including
20 years of diverse experience and 21 years of diverse experience in ancillary, commercial, government and
prior to joining Optum, he worked with business operations. Prior to joining global. Prior to joining Optum in 2006,
organizations such as WNS Global Optum, Surinder worked with Target Rahul worked with Wipro supporting
Services and HCL Infosystems. Corporations, HCL Technologies and pre-sales and the health care vertical,
Samsung Electronics in a variety of which also included managing the
roles. operations team for UnitedHealth
Group.

Sumek Gopal Pooja Bhagat Ram Kishan Agrawal


Vice President, Human Capital, Vice President, Total Rewards, Senior Director, Optum Global
Optum Global Solutions (India) APAC and EMEA, Human Capital, Solutions (India) Private Limited
Private Limited Optum Global Solutions (India) Ram leads brand, marketing and
Sumek has over 17 years of Private Limited external communications, workforce
experience in human capital across A proficient human capital leader, with management (WMO - tech) and
industries, including health care, over 20 years of experience, Pooja capability development (CapDev
consulting and FMCG. He has been heads the total rewards function at -tech) in India. He has over 15 years
a part of leadership teams and UHG for APAC and EMEA. She has of experience in management
management committees, working previously worked with Mondelez consulting, strategic project
in and for markets in South East International, Mercer and Willis Towers management, due diligence,
Asia, India, Africa, Europe and Latin Watson. financial analysis. Previously he has
America. worked with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.,
McKinsey and Capgemini.

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United to improve
health care for all

At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, Vulnerable populations


we are connecting more people to
• Spent more $122M in charitable Other than relief measures
care. Our commitment is to enhance
contributions specific to COVID-19, our
health care experience, improve
year-round United for
health care affordability, expand
Giving program enables
access to care, achieve better health
outcomes, advance health equity and In India employee contributions.
build healthier communities. • Donated over $2M to help fight We support our employees
COVID-19 and the causes they
are most passionate
COVID-19 has profoundly For our team members and their about by matching their
underscored this commitment. families in India, we made available contributions – dollar for
Since the onset of the pandemic, resources and support, including dollar – to the nonprofit of
we have taken actions to ensure the financial assistance to aid immediate their choice.
health and safety of our members, needs, COVID-19 vaccination
providers, customers, communities drives across Optum offices in
and employees. $47M contributed through
India, enhanced insurance benefits
our employee giving program
coverage for our team members and
Members their registered family members,
3.7M hours volunteered by
• $2B in direct customer and health and safety leaves, an exclusive
employees
consumer support telehealth helpline, counseling
services and more.
• 17K+ Optum clinicians redeployed
to telehealth

As we continue to adapt, innovate and evolve, what keeps us steadfast on our path are our culture, values, our people
and our servant leaders. Our enterprise leaders best reflect the characteristics of a servant leader: authenticity,
vision, determination, restlessness and courage – to always do better and do more, by putting the needs of
others first and helping people develop and perform as highly as possible, through consistent communication,
accountability and engagement. Their passion inspires all our team members to do their life's best work.
Today, we are more confident than ever in the direction we are headed and our long-standing commitment to shape
a health system that works better for everyone. We remain humble in face of the scale of partnerships, connections,
people, places, ideas, insights, technologies, processes etc. that health care entails, and with the understanding that
there is a lot more to be done to fulfil our mission of helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health
system work better for everyone.

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