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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, October 25. 1999 i; SS aTi iainhal ent casemate pf 5 i * senshinelleAons—nnandy i They don’t know you. They wouldn't recognize youif they bumped into you. They don't know the color of your eyes. Thecleft in your chin. The birthmarkon yourleft leg that’s shaped like Australia. They don’t knowyou can wiggle your ears. Or that your favorite book is “Horton Hears a Who.” Theydon’t knowthefirst thing about you. So ask yourself who knows better whatkind of health coverageis right for you? Them? Or you? At UnitedHealthcare, we believe that no one knows you as well as you know yourself That's why weare committed to keeping youin control of your ownhealth. Admittedly, this is a different approach to health care. But we believein it, and we're focusing our entire organization around this approach, Our goal is nothing less than to nationally accepted best practices. Physicians are also given reminders about their make every UnitedHealthcare member an easier patient for physicians to treat. UnitedHealthcare patients who may benefit from these procedures along with Weare working hardto facilitate a better health care experience and to overcome many informationto take action. of the concerns shared by doctors and their patients. In one of our benefit plans, you can This is part of our effort to develop a better way of supporting physicians and their choose between going to a primary care physician ordirectly to a specialist based upon patients. Our Care Coordination approach allows us more timeto help people who need it what is appropriate for you...not the system. We've also dramatically reduced the number of procedures requiring physicians to notify us in advance, so once you and your doctor the most and to provide physicians with valuable information and services. decide on a courseof treatment, in most cases you can simply proceed. We want to become indispensable to America's leading physicians by providing themwith useful information and by reducing their administrative load. One way we're _ <— Visit us at www.unitedhealthcare.com 00 United HealthCare Corporation _ doing this is by providing doctors with our innovative Clinical Profiles program, Clinical Profiles accumulates medical and pharmacy data to provide participating physicians with personalized reports about their current practice patterns in comparison to For more information,visit our website or call 1-800-358-9724. At UnitedHealthcare, we believe that this is another step in a journey we've been on for several years. Tofulfill our vision, we intend to find new ways to serve you and your physician better. A5 |