UnitedHealthcare Donates $500,000 to Support Residents of Louisiana Affected by Hurricane Laura
September 01 2020 - 07:00AM
Business Wire
Enabling
access to care and early prescription refills for affected
members
UnitedHealthcare announced today it is donating $500,000 to the
Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana to help residents
recover and rebuild following the devastating impact of Hurricane
Laura.
“We are deeply concerned for the people affected by Hurricane
Laura, and we are committed to helping the people in these local
Louisiana communities recover and rebuild,” said Dirk McMahon,
chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare. “Many of these
communities are also dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, making
this an especially challenging time for those who may have lost
loved ones or been displaced as a result of the hurricane.”
“The devastation caused by Hurricane Laura affected thousands of
people across parts of Louisiana,” said John Bel Edwards, Governor
of Louisiana. “We are grateful for UnitedHealthcare’s commitment to
the people of Louisiana and its support of the Community Foundation
of Southwest Louisiana as we start to recover and rebuild from this
hurricane.”
“We are grateful for UnitedHealthcare’s donation to our
hurricane recovery work,” said Sara Judson, chief executive officer
of the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana. “We’ll use the
generous contribution to pay for immediate needs that are the first
step of the long rebuilding process. We appreciate the outpouring
of support we’ve received.”
The company has also taken steps to support health plan
participants access care, early prescription refills, including the
ability to conduct a Virtual
Visit with a doctor* through the UnitedHealthcare smartphone app, and
opened a free emotional-support help line to help people who might
be affected. The Optum Helpline is free of charge to anyone in the
community and is available toll-free at 866-342-6892, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. The company has also taken action to ensure the safety and
wellbeing of its employees in affected areas, including supporting
safe evacuations and providing recovery funding.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.3 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,500
hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The company also
provides health benefits and delivers care to people through owned
and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
*Additional out-of-pocket costs may be required for telemedicine
services depending on the plan and any applicable state
requirements.
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