By the Numbers
Which business wrote to health equity strategies in 71 RFPs in 2024?
Optum Rx
Optum Savings IQ is the savings program developed to support access and affordability to specialty drugs that offered $2.5B in financial assistance to specialty patients. What does IQ stand for?
Intelligence quotient
Several OHE teams partner with Tawnie and Jenifer to contribute to an annual report that is published externally. What is the name of this report?
The Sustainability Report
The UHG affordable housing impact investing milestone achieved in 2024 (shoutout to the Community team!).
$1B
Curiosity, transparency, courage, and humility are 4 of the 5 cultural attributes the OHE Employee Engagement developed. What is the fifth?
Thanks to the UHC Business Enablement team, how many states will have a doula benefit available through E&I in 2026?
All 50
Jin is representing the enterprise in the development of the PRAPARE 2.0 screening assessment development. What Disney villain sang the song "Be Prepared"?
Scar from Lion King
This individual drafted a health equity glossary to be leveraged across enterprise tech teams.
Jedidah Poole
Nikia is famous across OHE for her ability to facilitate fantastic icebreakers that have come to be known as a "Nikia Special". Here's an icebreaker - where is a shrimp's heart located?
The head
The Strategy / Ops team is described as the "connective tissue" of OHE and is responsible for establishing the operating model and lexicon for OHE. What is the language of origin for the word "lexicon"?
Greek
What percentage of C&S employees completed the health equity training in 2024 (kudos to UHC Business Enablement!)?
Over 70%
What company did the Community team partner with to offer job training and placement services?
Goodwill
This person was recognized as an Emerging Leader by Managed Healthcare Executive for expertise in the health equity space.
The Intervention team created a maternal health intervention framework in 2024, in partnership with UHC Business Enablement. What is the name of Brian's car?
Trick question - his car does not have a name!
Andrew Witty recommended we find ways to make people a hero to advance health equity. What movie featured the song "I Need a Hero" as a prominent tune? (Two possible answers)
Shrek or Footloose
Six communities partnered with OHE Community Team to co-design community-based interventions to increase access to early detection and prevention of chronic conditions, better manage existing chronic conditions, and improve outcomes for diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Which member of the Community team has an Emmy?
Julie
HEDS up! What percentage of available health equity data across the enterprise has been centralized / standardized for business use within HEDS (as of Dec 31 2024)?
75% - 63M unique individuals
This individual helped develop the Social Factors of Health Blueprint for Action in partnership with the Convergence Collaborative.
Jin Tsuchiya
60% of participants in the community-based diabetes interventions who achieved reductions in A1C (average A1C was reduced by nearly 1 point). In 2021, what percentage of Americans had diabetes?
11.6%
There are 7 active cross-functional projects in-flight across OHE currently. Some birds cannot fly, including the ostrich. Emma was bit by an ostrich while on a safari in which US state?
Ohio
The OHE Data Science team built 2 beta health equity analytics dashboards, encompassing utilization, quality, health equity data factors, chronic conditions and extensive financial data across UHC M&R and OptumHealth. What is the lifespan of a betta fish?
3 - 5 years
The Intervention team identified the core intervention levers within a project. Who said the quote, "Pull the lever, Kronk"?
Yzma from Emperor's New Groove
The inaugural Health Equity Summit occurred in 2025 with leaders across the enterprise. Who was the first person to summit Mt Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary
Eric, Leah, and Alia are creating a Health Disparity Risk Index that combines known disparity information with the impact of healthy behaviors. The acronym for this index is DRI. Which company launched a line of athletic wear called Dri-Fit?
Nike
Jill and Becky are the backbone of OHE. How many vertebrae make up the spinal column?
33