Behavioral Health Business April 16, 2024
Morgan Gonzales

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is keeping details about its behavioral health strategy close to the chest.

The health care and insurance company highlighted that its behavioral health business was thriving just a few quarters ago in its Q2 2023 earnings call. Now, despite recently expanding its behavioral health segment, the company is highlighting other aspects of its business.

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, briefly mentioned behavioral health in the company’s Q1 2024 earnings call.

“We certainly worked hard to create more access in the behavioral space,” Thompson said. “All of those elements [including behavioral health and speciality RX] are modestly up, but up as we had planned for.”

The company’s overall Q1 care patterns were on par with what...

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