Q3 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2011
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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Minnesota
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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UnitedHealth Group Center, 9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, Minnesota | 55343 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (952) 936-1300
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On October 18, 2011, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its third quarter 2011 results. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The press release contains the non-GAAP financial measures adjusted third quarter and year-to-date 2011 cash flows from operating activities, which includes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services premium payment for October 2011 that the Company received in September 2011.
The most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to these non-GAAP measures are third quarter and year-to-date 2011 cash flows from operating activities, which were $4.96 billion and $7.38 billion, respectively. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is set forth in the press release.
Adjusted cash flows from operating activities should not be considered substitutes for or superior to financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that the use of non-GAAP financial measures improves the comparability of the Company's results between periods. These financial measures provide investors and the Company's management with useful information to measure and forecast the Company's results of operations, to compare on a consistent basis the Company's results of operations for the current period to that of prior periods, and to compare the Company's results of operations on a more consistent basis against that of other companies in the health care industry.
These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the special items associated with the operations of the Company's business as determined in accordance with GAAP. As a result, one should not consider these measures in isolation. The Company compensates for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as non-GAAP basis, disclosing these GAAP financial measures, and providing a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures.
The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any Company filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit | Description | | | |
99.1 | Press Release dated October 18, 2011 |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 18, 2011
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| | | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED |
| | | By: | /s/ Richard N. Baer |
| | | | Richard N. Baer |
| | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit | Description | | | |
99.1 | Press Release dated October 18, 2011 |