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UnitedHealth appoints new CEO to run health services division

By Reuters  
   June 27, 2025

UnitedHealth Group's, Optum Health, will be led by Patrick Conway. A spokesperson for UnitedHealth said Conway's experience in value-based care drove the health insurer's new appointment. The company named former Optum Health CEO Amar Desai as vice-chairman of the unit. UnitedHealth Group named a new company-wide CEO, veteran Stephen Hemsley, to steer the healthcare giant following its first earnings miss since 2008.

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