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These excerpts taken from the UNH 10-Q filed May 7, 2009.

Revenues

Our revenues are primarily comprised of premiums derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care benefits and related administrative costs. We also generate revenues from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and employees’ dependants. For both risk-based and fee-based health care benefit arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; health care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. Service revenues are also generated from Ingenix health intelligence and contract research businesses. Product revenues are mainly comprised of products sold by our Prescription Solutions pharmacy benefit management business and also include sales of Ingenix publishing and software products. Investment income is derived primarily from interest earned on our investments in fixed income and debt securities and realized gains or losses are included in revenues when the securities are sold, or other-than-temporary impaired.

Revenues

Consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2009 increased over the comparable 2008 period primarily due to the increase in premium revenues in the Health Care Services reporting segment.

Premium Revenues. The increase in premium revenues was primarily due to strong growth in risk-based offerings in our public and senior markets businesses, premium rate increases and the effect of 2008 Health Care Services acquisitions.

Product Revenues. Product revenues for 2009 increased due to increased prescription volume at our Prescription Solutions reporting segment.

Investment and Other Income. The decrease in investment and other income in 2009 was primarily due to capital market conditions causing lower investment yields and a decrease in realized gains.

Medical Costs

Medical costs for three months ended March 31, 2009 increased primarily due to the factors that increased premium revenues described above.

 

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Our consolidated medical care ratio was flat year-over-year with improvements in the medical care ratio for the commercial risk-based business offset by the mix effect from growth in our public and senior markets businesses, which have higher medical care ratios.

For each period, our operating results include the effects of revisions in medical cost estimates related to all prior periods. Changes in medical cost estimates related to prior periods, resulting from more complete claim information identified in the current period, are included in total medical costs reported for the current period. Medical costs for both the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 included $200 million of net favorable medical cost development related to prior fiscal years.

These excerpts taken from the UNH 10-K filed Feb 11, 2009.

Revenues

Revenues consist of premium revenues from risk-based products; service revenues, which primarily include fees for management, administrative and consulting services; product revenues; and investment and other income.

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care benefits and related administrative costs. Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependants. For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; health care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. Through our Prescription Solutions PBM business, revenues are derived from both products sold and administrative services. Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix publishing and software products.

Consolidated revenues for 2008 increased from 2007 primarily due to the increase in premium revenue in the Health Care Services reporting segment. The following is a discussion of consolidated revenues for each of our revenue components.

Premium Revenues. The premium revenue growth generated by our Health Care Services reporting segment was the primary driver in the consolidated premium revenues increase. This increase was due to the growth in individuals served by our Public and Senior Markets Group, premium rate increases for medical cost inflation and acquisitions completed in 2008, partially offset by a decline in individuals served through both UnitedHealthcare risk-based products and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

Service Revenues. The increase in service revenues for 2008 was driven by an increased number of individuals served by fee-based product arrangements in the Health Care Services reporting segment, primarily due to the Fiserv Health acquisition. In addition, our Ingenix reporting segment generated service revenue growth from its health intelligence and contract research businesses as well as from business acquisitions.

Product Revenues. Product revenues for 2008 increased due to increased prescription volume at our Prescription Solutions reporting segment, primarily related to the Fiserv Health acquisition.

 

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Investment and Other Income. The decrease in investment and other income in 2008 was primarily due to lower investment yields primarily as a result of the decrease in interest rates on our cash equivalents, decreased average investment balances related to lower operating cash flows, decreased deposits held for certain government-sponsored programs and increased other-than-temporary impairment charges related to the disruption in the financial markets.

Revenues

Consolidated revenues increased in 2007 primarily due to rate increases on premium-based and fee-based services and growth in the total number of individuals served by Health Care Services.

Premium Revenues. Consolidated premium revenues increased in 2007 primarily due to premium rate increases, partially offset by a decrease in the number of individuals served by our commercial risk-based products.

Premium revenues for UnitedHealthcare in 2007 totaled $36.2 billion, an increase of $623 million, or 2%, over 2006. This increase was primarily due to average net premium rate increases of 7% to 8% on UnitedHealthcare’s renewing commercial risk-based products and due to premiums from businesses acquired since the beginning of 2006. This was partially offset by a 4% decrease in the number of individuals served by commercial risk-based products in 2007 primarily due to our internal pricing decisions in a competitive commercial risk-based pricing environment and the conversion of certain groups to commercial fee-based products. Ovations premium revenues in 2007 totaled $26.0 billion, an increase of $1.7 billion, or 7%, over 2006. This increase was driven primarily by an increase in individuals served by standardized Medicare Supplement and Evercare products, and rate increases on Medicare Advantage products as well as continued growth in our Medicare Part D program. AmeriChoice premium revenues increased by $732 million, or 20%, over 2006 primarily due to an increase in the number of individuals served by Medicaid products as well as rate increases. The remaining premium revenue increase resulted primarily from membership growth and rate increases at OptumHealth, which contributed a premium revenue increase of 11% over 2006.

Service Revenues. The 2007 increase in consolidated service revenues was driven primarily by a 38% increase in Ingenix service revenues due to new business growth in the health information and contract research businesses and from businesses acquired since the beginning of 2006. In addition, UnitedHealthcare service revenues increased due to a 3% increase in the number of individuals served under commercial fee-based arrangements during 2007, as well as annual rate increases.

Product Revenues. The 2007 increase in consolidated product revenues was driven by pharmacy sales growth at Prescription Solutions primarily due to providing prescription drug benefit services to an additional four million Ovations Medicare Advantage and Part D members.

Investment and Other Income. Interest income increased by $239 million in 2007, driven by increased levels of cash and fixed-income investments, due in part to deposits held for certain government-sponsored programs during 2007 and the lack of share repurchase activity in the first two and one half months of 2007. Net realized gains on sales of investments were $38 million in 2007 and $4 million in 2006.

Revenues

Revenues are principally derived from health care insurance premiums. We recognize premium revenues in the period eligible individuals are entitled to receive health care services. Customers are typically billed monthly at a contracted rate per eligible person multiplied by the total number of people eligible to receive services, as recorded in our records. Employer groups generally provide us with changes to their eligible population one month in arrears. Each billing includes an adjustment for prior period changes in eligibility status that were not reflected in our previous billing. We estimate and adjust the current period’s revenues and accounts receivable accordingly. Our estimates are based on historical trends, premiums billed, the level of contract renewal activity and other relevant information. We revise estimates of revenue adjustments each period and record changes in the period they become known.

We estimate risk adjustment revenues based upon the diagnosis data submitted and expected to be submitted to CMS. CMS deploys a risk adjustment model which apportions premiums paid to all health plans according to health severity and certain demographic factors. The CMS risk adjustment model pays more for members whose medical history would indicate are expected to have higher medical costs. Under this risk adjustment methodology, CMS calculates the risk adjusted premium payment using diagnosis data from hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient and physician treatment settings. Necessary and available diagnosis data collected and captured by us and health care providers is submitted to CMS within prescribed deadlines.

Revenues

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and the Company assumes the economic risk of funding its customers’ health care services and related administrative costs. The Company recognizes premium revenues in the period in which eligible individuals are entitled to receive health care services. The Company records health care premium payments received from its customers in advance of the service period as unearned premiums.

CMS deploys a risk adjustment model which apportions premiums paid to all health plans according to health severity and certain demographic factors. The CMS risk adjustment model pays more for members whose medical history would indicate are expected to have higher medical costs. Under this risk adjustment

 

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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

methodology, CMS calculates the risk adjusted premium payment using diagnosis data from hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient and physician treatment settings. The Company and health care providers collect, capture, and submit the necessary and available diagnosis data to CMS within prescribed deadlines. The Company estimates risk adjustment revenues based upon the diagnosis data submitted and expected to be submitted to CMS.

Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependants. Under service fee contracts, the Company recognizes revenue in the period the related services are performed based upon the fee charged to the customer. The customers retain the risk of financing medical benefits for their employees and employees’ dependants, and the Company administers the payment of customer funds to physicians and other health care professionals from customer-funded bank accounts. Because the Company neither has the obligation for funding the medical expenses, nor the responsibility for providing the medical care, the Company does not recognize premium revenue and medical costs for these contracts in its Consolidated Financial Statements.

For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, the Company provides coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; customer, consumer and care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals.

Through the Company’s Prescription Solutions pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business, revenues are derived from products sold through a contracted network of retail pharmacies, and from administrative services, including claims processing and formulary design and management. Product revenues include ingredient costs (net of rebates), a negotiated dispensing fee and customer co-payments for drugs dispensed through the Company’s mail-service pharmacy. In all retail pharmacy transactions, revenues recognized always exclude the member’s applicable co-payment. Product revenues are recognized upon sale or shipment. Service revenues are recognized when the prescription claim is adjudicated. The Company has entered into retail service contracts that separately obligate it to pay its network pharmacy providers for benefits provided to their customers, whether or not the Company is paid. The Company is also involved in establishing the prices charged by retail pharmacies, determining which drugs will be included in formulary listings and selecting which retail pharmacies will be included in the network offered to plan sponsors’ members. As a result, revenues are reported on a gross basis in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Gross Revenue as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix publishing and software products which are recognized as revenue upon shipment.

This excerpt taken from the UNH 8-K filed Jan 22, 2009.

REVENUES

 

     Three Months Ended December 31,     Twelve Months Ended December 31,  
     2008     2007     2008     2007  

Health Care Services (a)

   $ 19,080     $ 17,572     $ 75,857     $ 71,199  

OptumHealth

     1,306       1,255       5,225       4,921  

Ingenix

     426       414       1,552       1,304  

Prescription Solutions

     3,123       3,317       12,573       13,249  

Eliminations

     (3,481 )     (3,853 )     (14,021 )     (15,242 )
                                

Total Consolidated

   $ 20,454     $ 18,705     $ 81,186     $ 75,431  
                                
This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed Nov 7, 2008.

Revenues

Revenues consist of premium revenues from risk-based products; service revenues, which primarily include fees for management, administrative and consulting services; product revenues; and investment and other income.

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care benefits and related administrative costs. Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents. For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; health care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. Through our Prescription Solutions PBM business, revenues are derived from both products sold and administrative services. Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix syndicated content products.

Consolidated revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 of $20.2 billion and $60.7 billion, respectively, increased $1.5 billion, or 8%, and $4.0 billion, or 7%, over the comparable 2007 periods, primarily due to the increase in premium revenue in the Health Care Services segment. The 8% and 7% increases in consolidated revenues for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, respectively, include organic increases of 3% over both comparable 2007 periods. The following is a discussion of consolidated revenues for each of our revenue components.

Premium Revenues. Consolidated premium revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 of $18.3 billion and $55.0 billion, respectively, increased by $1.3 billion, or 8%, and $3.2 billion, or 6%, over the comparable 2007 periods. The 8% and 6% increases in consolidated premium revenues for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, respectively, include organic increases of 4% over both comparable 2007 periods. Premium revenues generated by our Health Care Services segment increased $1.3 billion, or 8%, to

 

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$17.7 billion and increased $3.1 billion, or 6%, to $53.3 billion, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, as compared to the prior year periods. The revenue growth for both the three and nine month periods was primarily due to growth in individuals served by our Public and Senior Markets Group, premium rate increases for medical cost inflation and acquisitions completed in 2008, partially offset by a decline in individuals served through both UnitedHealthcare risk-based products and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The remaining increase in consolidated premium revenues was primarily due to an increased number of individuals served by the OptumHealth segment.

Service Revenues. Service revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 totaled $1.3 billion and $3.9 billion, respectively, an increase of $133 million, or 12%, and $451 million, or 13%, over the comparable 2007 periods. The increase was driven by an increased number of individuals served by fee-based product arrangements in the Health Care Services segment, primarily due to the Fiserv Health acquisition. Also, our Ingenix segment generated service revenue growth from its health intelligence and contract research businesses as well as from businesses acquired since the beginning of 2007.

Product Revenues. Product revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 totaled $432 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, an increase of $193 million, or 81%, and $548 million, or 86%, over the comparable 2007 periods, primarily through our acquisition of the PBM business of Fiserv Health.

Investment and Other Income. Investment and other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 decreased $159 million and $203 million, respectively, over the comparable 2007 periods. Lower investment yields and decreased investment balances were primarily responsible for the decreases in both periods. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred other-than-temporary impairment charges of $53 million and $59 million, respectively, primarily due to the adverse market conditions that existed in the latter part of the quarter. This compared to other-than-temporary impairments of $1 million in both comparable 2007 periods.

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2008.

Revenues

Revenues consist of premium revenues from risk-based products; service revenues, which primarily include fees for management, administrative and consulting services; product revenues; and investment and other income.

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care services and related administrative costs. Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents. For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; health care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. Through our Prescription Solutions PBM business, revenues are derived from both products sold and administrative services. Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix syndicated content products.

Consolidated revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 of $20.3 billion and $40.6 billion, respectively, increased $1.3 billion, or 7%, and $2.5 billion, or 7%, over the comparable 2007 periods primarily due to the increase in premium revenue in the Health Care Services segment. The 7% increases in consolidated revenues for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2008 include organic increases of 3% and 4%, respectively, over the comparable 2007 periods. The following is a discussion of consolidated revenues for each of our revenue components.

Premium Revenues. Consolidated premium revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 of $18.3 billion and $36.7 billion, respectively, increased by $1.0 billion, or 6%, and $1.9 billion, or 5%, over the comparable 2007 periods. The 6% and 5% increases in consolidated premium revenues for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2008, respectively, include organic increases of 3% over both comparable 2007 periods. Premium revenues generated by our Health Care Services segment increased $925 million, or 5%, to

 

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$17.8 billion and increased $1.8 billion, or 5%, to $35.6 billion, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, respectively, as compared to the prior year periods. The revenue growth was primarily due to growth in people served by our Public and Senior Markets Group, premium rate increases for medical cost inflation, and the first quarter 2008 acquisition of Sierra, partially offset by a decline in individuals served through both UnitedHealthcare risk-based products and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The remaining increase in consolidated premium revenues was primarily due to an increased number of individuals served by the OptumHealth segment.

Service Revenues. Service revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 totaled $1.3 billion and $2.6 billion, respectively, an increase of $161 million, or 14%, and $318 million, or 14%, over the comparable 2007 periods. The increase was driven by an increased number of people served by fee-based product arrangements in Health Care Services, primarily due to the Fiserv Health acquisition. Also, our Ingenix segment generated strong service revenue growth from its health intelligence and contract research businesses as well as from businesses acquired since the beginning of 2007.

Product Revenues. Product revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 totaled $391 million and $754 million, respectively, an increase of $189 million, or 94%, and $355 million, or 89%, over the comparable periods of 2007, primarily through our acquisition of the PBM business of Fiserv Health.

Investment and Other Income. Investment and other income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 decreased $53 million and $44 million, respectively, as compared to the prior year periods, primarily driven by lower investment yields and decreased investment balances year-over-year, partially offset by increased net realized gains.

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed May 2, 2008.

Revenues

Revenues consist of premium revenues from risk-based products; service revenues, which primarily include fees for management, administrative and consulting services; product revenues; and investment and other income.

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care services and related administrative costs. Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents. For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; health care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. Through our Prescription Solutions PBM business, revenues are derived from both products sold and administrative services. Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix syndicated content products.

Consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 of $20.3 billion increased by $1.3 billion, or 7%, over the comparable 2007 period, primarily due to growth in the Health Care Services segment. The revenue growth was primarily due to growth in people served by our Public and Senior Markets (Ovations and AmeriChoice), premium rate increases for medical cost inflation, and the first quarter 2008 acquisitions of Sierra and Fiserv Health, partially offset by a decline in consumers served through Commercial Markets (UnitedHealthcare and Uniprise) risk-based products.

The following is a discussion of consolidated revenues for each of our revenue components.

Premium Revenues. Consolidated premium revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 of $18.4 billion increased by $925 million, or 5%, over the comparable 2007 period. The revenue growth was primarily due to growth in people served by our Public and Senior Markets, premium rate increases for medical cost inflation, and the first quarter 2008 acquisition of Sierra, partially offset by a decline in consumers served through Commercial Markets risk-based products.

Premium revenues generated by our Public and Senior Markets businesses increased by $667 million, or 8%, for the quarter as compared to the prior year quarter, to $8.5 billion. The increased revenues were primarily due to more people being served by our Public and Senior Markets through existing products, including our standardized

 

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Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Special Needs and Medicaid plans. The Commercial Markets businesses generated premium revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 of $9.3 billion, an increase of $210 million, or 2%, over the comparable 2007 period. The increase was primarily due to premium rate increases for medical cost inflation and the acquisition of Sierra, offset by a decline in people served through risk-based product offerings. The remaining increase in consolidated premium revenues was primarily due to premium rate increases for medical cost inflation, and an increased number of individuals served by the OptumHealth segment.

Service Revenues. Service revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 totaled $1.3 billion, an increase of $157 million, or 14%, over the comparable 2007 period. The increase was driven by an increased number of people served by fee-based product arrangements in Commercial Markets, as compared to the prior first quarter, primarily due to the Fiserv Health acquisition. Also, our Ingenix segment generated strong service revenue growth from pharmaceutical services products and health intelligence products.

Product Revenues. Product revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 totaled $363 million, an increase of $166 million, or 84%, over the comparable period of 2007, reflecting strong growth in our Prescription Solutions segment, primarily through our acquisition of Fiserv Health and an increase in mail service drug fulfillment.

Investment and Other Income. Investment and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 increased $9 million as compared to the prior year quarter, driven by net capital gains of $53 million in the first quarter of 2008 related to the repositioning of our investment portfolio in response to the interest rate changes and growth in the amount of invested assets, partially offset by decreased investment income related to decreased interest rates. During the prior year quarter, we had negligible net capital activity.

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-K filed Feb 21, 2008.

Revenues

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care services and related administrative costs. We recognize premium revenues in the period in which eligible individuals are entitled to receive health care services. We record health care premium payments we receive from our customers in advance of the service period as unearned premiums.

Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents. Under service fee contracts, we recognize revenue in the period the related services are performed based upon the fee charged to the customer. The customers retain the risk of financing medical benefits for their employees and their employees’ dependents, and we administer the payment of customer funds to physicians and other health care professionals from customer-funded bank accounts. Because we neither have the obligation for funding the medical expenses, nor do we have responsibility for delivering the medical care, we do not recognize premium revenue and medical costs for these contracts in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; customer, consumer and care professional services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals.

Through our Prescription Solutions pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business, revenues are derived from products sold through a contracted network of retail pharmacies, and from administrative services, including

 

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claims processing and formulary design and management. Product revenues include ingredient costs (net of rebates), a negotiated dispensing fee and customer co-payments for drugs dispensed through our mail-service pharmacy. In all retail pharmacy transactions, revenues recognized always exclude the member’s applicable co-payment. Product revenues are recognized upon sale or shipment. Service revenues are recognized when the prescription claim is adjudicated. The Company has entered into retail service contracts that separately obligate us to pay our network pharmacy providers for benefits provided to its customers, whether or not we are paid. We are also involved in establishing the prices charged by retail pharmacies, determining which drugs will be included in formulary listings and selecting which retail pharmacies will be included in the network offered to plan sponsors’ members. As a result, revenues are reported on a gross basis in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Gross Revenue as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix syndicated content products which are recognized as revenue upon shipment.

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed Nov 1, 2007.

Revenues

 

    

Three Months Ended

September 30,

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
     2007     2006    

Percent

Change

    2007     2006    

Percent

Change

 

Health Care Services

   $ 16,694     $ 16,124     4 %   $ 50,839     $ 47,978     6 %

Uniprise

     1,416       1,370     3 %     4,263       4,053     5 %

OptumHealth

     1,165       998     17 %     3,441       2,970     16 %

Ingenix

     347       247     40 %     896       671     34 %

Eliminations

     (943 )     (769 )   nm       (2,713 )     (2,258 )   nm  
                                            

Consolidated Revenues

   $ 18,679     $ 17,970     4 %   $ 56,726     $ 53,414     6 %
                                            

nm = not meaningful

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2007.

Revenues

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
     2007     2006    

Percent

Change

    2007     2006    

Percent

Change

 

Health Care Services

   $ 17,053     $ 16,059     6 %   $ 34,145     $ 31,854     7 %

Uniprise

     1,408       1,349     4 %     2,847       2,683     6 %

Specialized Care Services

     1,163       991     17 %     2,276       1,972     15 %

Ingenix

     286       216     32 %     549       424     29 %

Eliminations

     (910 )     (752 )   nm       (1,770 )     (1,489 )   nm  
                                            

Consolidated Revenues

   $ 19,000     $ 17,863     6 %   $ 38,047     $ 35,444     7 %
                                            

nm = not meaningful

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed May 9, 2007.

Revenues

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
     2007     2006    

Percent

Change

 

Health Care Services

   $ 17,092     $ 15,795     8 %

Uniprise

     1,439       1,334     8 %

Specialized Care Services

     1,113       981     13 %

Ingenix

     263       208     26 %

Eliminations

     (860 )     (737 )   nm  
                      

Consolidated Revenues

   $ 19,047     $ 17,581     8 %
                      

nm = not meaningful

This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-K filed Mar 6, 2007.

Revenues

Premium revenues are primarily derived from risk-based health insurance arrangements in which the premium is fixed, typically for a one-year period, and we assume the economic risk of funding our customers’ health care services and related administrative costs. We recognize premium revenues in the period in which eligible individuals are entitled to receive health care services. We record health care premium payments we receive from our customers in advance of the service period as unearned premiums.

Service revenues consist primarily of fees derived from services performed for customers that self-insure the medical costs of their employees and their dependents. Under service fee contracts, we recognize revenue in the period the related services are performed based upon the fee charged to the customer. The customers retain the risk of financing medical benefits for their employees and their employees’ dependents, and we administer the payment of customer funds to physicians and other health care providers from customer-funded bank accounts. Because we neither have the obligation for funding the medical expenses, nor do we have responsibility for delivering the medical care, we do not recognize premium revenue and medical costs for these contracts in our consolidated financial statements.

For both premium risk-based and fee-based customer arrangements, we provide coordination and facilitation of medical services; transaction processing; customer, consumer and care provider services; and access to contracted networks of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals.

Through our Prescription Solutions pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business, revenues are derived from products sold through a contracted network of retail pharmacies, and from administrative services, including claims processing and formulary design and management. Product revenues include ingredient costs net of rebates, a negotiated dispensing fee and customer co-payments for drugs dispensed through our mail-service

 

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pharmacy. In all retail pharmacy transactions, revenues recognized always exclude the member’s applicable co-payment. Product revenues are recognized upon sale or shipment. Service revenues are recognized when the prescription claim is adjudicated. The Company has entered into retail service contracts that separately obligate us to pay our network pharmacy providers for benefits provided to its customers, whether or not we are paid. We are also involved in establishing the prices charged by retail pharmacies, determining which drugs will be included in formulary listings and selecting which retail pharmacies will be included in the network offered to plan sponsors’ members. As a result, revenues are reported on a gross basis in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Gross Revenue as a Principal versus Net as an Agent.” Product revenues also include sales of Ingenix syndicated content products which are recognized as revenue upon shipment.

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