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UnitedHealthcare Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to California Nonprofits – $897,240 to On Lok Lifeway

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UnitedHealthcare Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to California Nonprofits – $897,240 to On Lok Lifeways of San Francisco


Grants support nine California nonprofit organizations to strengthen wellness, care delivery and health technology in underserved communities

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On Lok Lifeways has been awarded a $897,240 grant from UnitedHealthcare to help strengthen its health information technology system and delivery of care to San Francisco Bay area seniors through electronic medical records initiatives.

UnitedHealthcare’s San Francisco Bay Area employees join On Lok participants to make flower arrangements and pot plants as part of the nonprofit’s Spring Volunteer Day Monday, April 8, at On Lok Lifeways Gee Center. UnitedHealthcare also presented On Lok an $897,000 grant to strengthen its services and programs for seniors in the region. Lower L to R: Shi Chen Wang, Marie Schmidt of UnitedHealthcare. Upper L to R: Shim Pu-Nam, Matthew Yi of UnitedHealthcare, Kelly Lai, Benedyne Kim, Greg Wright, West Region president, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement (Photo: Amy Sullivan)

The grant is part of $5.2 million UnitedHealthcare is awarding to nine health care organizations to support nonprofit clinics, hospitals and health care organizations that improve health care services for underserved communities statewide.

Founded in 1972, On Lok Lifeways in San Francisco is one of the nation’s leading providers of health services including long-term care and support services to seniors. On Lok Lifeways’ pioneering efforts in the Bay Area created “PACE” (the Program of All- inclusive Care for the Elderly), a model of care delivery that has been replicated in 91 organizations in 30 states.

The UnitedHealthcare grant will help On Lok Lifeways strengthen its “PACELink” program, which uses health information technology and electronic medical records to improve care and coordination for seniors served by a network of 10 health care and wellness centers in the Bay Area. Specifically, the grant will fund software improvements, technology investments and training that will provide greater efficiencies in the coordination of care through the automation of scheduling, clinic appointments, transportation, home-visit reporting, medication distribution and pharmacy prescriptions.

The grant was announced during a volunteer day at On Lok’s Gee Senior Center, 1333 Bush St. in downtown San Francisco, where UnitedHealthcare employees joined community leaders to help On Lok Lifeways seniors plant a vegetable garden, plant …read more

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Mint to Help Financial Institutions Freshen up the Digital Branch

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Mint to Help Financial Institutions Freshen up the Digital Branch

Create Deeper Relationships by Blending Banking, Valuable Insights to Save

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) is making Mint, its popular online personal finance solution, available to financial institutions, giving them a fresh new way to build deeper, trusting relationships with banking customers through digital branches.

“More than 12 million people already use Mint.com to manage their complete financial picture and have identified savings of more than $30 billion toward their personal goals,” said Greg Wright, vice president of product management at Intuit Financial Services. “By blending Mint with their digital banking home page, financial institutions can provide immediate, meaningful financial insights to their customers, help more people save money and further deepen banking relationships by recommending relevant financial products at the time when people are most interested.”

Intuit acquired Mint in 2009 and is now responding to bankers’ requests to incorporate Mint into their respective online and mobile offerings. The solution is available to financial institutions now for implementation later this year. Intuit expects the new Mint offering will help financial institutions position themselves as trusted advisors, improving their customers’ financial lives by:

  • Showing customers their entire financial picture in one place: Automatically organizes spending from more than 19,000 financial accounts into categories and shows where money is going with easy-to-understand charts.
  • Offering free actionable advice on how to save money: Delivers personalized alerts and insights based on individual transactional behavior, financial habits and goals.
  • Providing on-the-go tracking with mobile apps: Provides an award-winning mobile experience that gives customers the big picture view and dollar-and-cent details of their money on their iOS and Android mobile phones and tablets.
  • Suggesting helpful products and services: Alerts customers to relevant products and services from their financial institution that are specific to their situation, at a time when they are most interested in learning more.

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