UnitedHealth's Optum business wins military wellness contract

The Department of Defense has awarded UnitedHealth Group's Optum?business unit a contract to manage wellness programs for U.S. Armed Forces members.

The Department of Defense has awarded a UnitedHealth Group business unit a contract to manage wellness programs for U.S. Armed Forces members.

Optum Logistics Health Inc. (LHI), part of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth's (NYSE: UNH) Optum business, has run military wellness programs since 2001. Eden Prairie-based Optum didn't disclose terms of the deal or the length of the contract.

LHI's programs served 1.5 million military personnel and their family members, the company said in a press statement.

>Click here to read Optum's news release.

Katharine Grayson covers med tech, clean tech, technology, health care, and venture capital, and she writes the Innovation|Minnesota blog

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