'Legendary' Hemsley takes over at UnitedHealth amid rough seas
05/20/25 at 03:00 AM
'Legendary' Hemsley takes over at UnitedHealth amid rough seas
Modern Healthcare; by Nona Tepper; 5/14/25
Stephen Hemsley returns to the top spot at a UnitedHealth Group that looks very different from the one he helmed almost a decade ago and faces trouble bubbling up in its Optum healthcare services subsidiary. Over the past three years, the company has reported rising Medicare Advantage costs in its UnitedHealthcare insurance subsidiary. But some see Optum as more concerning. With Andrew Witty resigning as CEO on Tuesday [5/13], it falls to Hemsley to right the ship.