UnitedHealthcare and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Announce New Network Relationship

  UnitedHealthcare and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Announce New
  Network Relationship

  * UnitedHealthcare is first health benefits plan to offer in-network health
    care coverage to support Texas Scottish Rite Hospital patients

Business Wire

DALLAS -- December 12, 2012

Children enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored and individual
health plans now have access to in-network care at Texas Scottish Rite
Hospital for Children (TSRHC).

This new network relationship marks the first time in Texas Scottish Rite’s
history that it has contracted with a commercial health plan.

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children opened its doors in 1921, providing
comprehensive care for children regardless of the family’s ability to pay for
the services. The hospital is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers
for the treatment of orthopaedic conditions, certain related neurological
disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia.

“With this new network relationship, UnitedHealthcare is the first health
benefits company to provide in-network coverage to support our patients,” said
Robert L. Walker, president and CEO, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for
Children. “UnitedHealthcare supports our mission and has embraced the unique
brand of care we provide to children, and we look forward to a growing
strategic relationship with UnitedHealthcare in the future.”

“Texas Scottish Rite Hospital is a world-renowned organization and important
provider of health care services for children. Our new network relationship
gives UnitedHealthcare children enrolled in our health plans greater access to
quality medical facilities and skilled physicians close to where they live,”
said Scott Flannery, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual of North
Texas.

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, serves more than
3.8 million Texans with a medical network of more than 500 hospitals and
47,000 care providers statewide.

About Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is one of the nation's leading
pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopaedic conditions, certain related
neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. Admission is
open to Texas children from birth up to 18 years of age. Patients receive
treatment regardless of the family's ability to pay. Since its inception in
1921, TSRHC has strived to improve the care of children worldwide through
innovative research and teaching programs. For more information, to volunteer
or to make a donation, please call (214) 559-5000 or (800) 421-1121 or visit
www.tsrhc.org.

About UnitedHealthcare
United Healthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier
lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The
company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals,
employers and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 650,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare serves more than 38 million people and is one of
the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50
health and well-being company.

Contact:

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Neil Devroy, 214-559-7653
or
UnitedHealthcare
Kim Whitaker, 469-633-8536