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COO - Gail Marcus; a former executive with Cigna

UnitedHealth Europe is wholly owned by UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH). UnitedHealth Europe seeks to exploit the expertise and successful strategies of UnitedHealth Group's operations in the United States, and bringbringing these to bare on patient populations in Europe. The first major project delivered by UnitedHealth Europe was a pilot of the Evercare model for older peoples care.

UnitedHealth Europe offers a range of predictive risk services that identify patients carrying a risk of experiencing an unplanned hospital admission and has ambitionsalso todeveloped delivera strategy for primary care servicesdelivery in England.

In March 2006 The High Court delayed the takeover of GP Practices in Derbyshire by UnitedHealth Group.

In November 2006 a review of UnitedHealth Europe's Evercare pilot was published in the British Medical Journal; concluding the pilot had failed to deliver measurable improvements in admission rates.

The former Chief Executive of UnitedHealth Group; Dr. Bill McGuire, left the company following an investigation into the backdating of stock options reported to exceed more than $1.5B in value.

UnitedHealth Europe advocates strong partnerships with Health Systems including the NHS in England and to this end has established a heavyweight advisory panel and recruited UK trained clinicians and nurses to ensure clinical services meet the needs of both patients and fellow clinians.