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UnitedHealth Group originated in late 1974, when Minnesota-based Charter Med Incorporated was founded by Richard Taylor Burke. It originally processed claims for doctors at the Hennepin County Medical Society. [5] UnitedHealthcare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for seniors. [6]
UHC is promoted as an instrument to help advance the more broadly conceived human right to health, which is based upon a number of international agreements, or widely affirmed international documents. Universal health coverage has been included in the new Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030, adopted by the United Nations. In many ...
Report on the feasibility of establishing the systems and institutions needed to pursue UHC. Physicians for a National Health Program Chicago: PNHP. A group of physicians and health professionals who support single-payer reform. Primary health care, World Health Organization; UHC Forward Washington, D.C.: Results for Development Institute ...
The UHC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that commits to providing quality health supportive services with a variety of resources to enhance the well-being of rural San Joaquin Valley communities. In 1971, UHC originated in the farm working communities where residents expressed the need to have improved access to healthcare.
Burke founded UnitedHealth Group and played a significant role in the development of the HMO and Physicians Health Plan (PHP) while he worked at InterStudy, a think tank focused on health care with Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr. [2] [3] [4] Burke took the view that healthcare should be economized and hospital admissions should be limited, sometimes at the protest of doctors.
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
It is jointly funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. openIMIS provides tools to set up schemes and insurance plans for reimbursement of health care providers like hospitals, physicians and pharmacies. Social protection programmes can use openIMIS ...
Golden Rule Insurance Company was a provider of health insurance based in Indianapolis with operations in 40 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in November 2003.