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[Text On Screen – Building healthier workplaces together]
[VIDEO OF SCENES FROM SCHOOL, STUDENTS TAKING AN EXAM, A SCHOOLBUS ARRIVING AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING, TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, CHILDREN ARRIVING TO SCHOOL]
[LOGO: UNITEDHEALTHCARE]
[Text On Screen – Organization: Minneapolis Public Schools, Location: Minneapolis, MN, Industry: K-12 Education, Number of employees: 6,300]
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[VIDEO OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF MPS BUILDING WITH MINNEAPOLIS SKYLINE BEHIND IT]
[PETER RONZA SPEAKING ON SCREEN]
[Text On Screen – Peter Ronza, Director of Total Compensation Minneapolis Public Schools]
PETER RONZA: People are sometimes shocked at what goes into running this. The school district currently deploys around 6,300 benefits eligible employees. Roughly 50 percent are what we would call front serving. They're in the schools, they're providing the education. And roughly 50 percent are providing those support functions.
[VIDEO OF A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM, TRANSITIONING TO SUPPORT STAFF TALKING IN THE OFFICE]
Our demographics are expansive. So we want to make sure that our program is second to none so that when those employees need their health care, they have it.
[VIDEO OF IBRAHIMA DIOP WORKING IN HIS OFFICE]
[IBRAHIMA DIOP SPEAKING ON SCREEN]
[Text On Screen – Ibrahima Diop, Chief of Finance and Operations, Minneapolis Public Schools]
IBRAHIMA DIOP: It's about balancing between the well-being of our staff and cost. And it's much easier to keep doing what you've always done.
[VIDEO OF IBRAHIMA DIOP TALKING TO MPS STAFF]
When we felt that we needed to make a change, what company is giving us the best value?
[VIDEO OF SCENES FROM A SCHOOL, SCHOOL BUS, STUDENTS ARRIVING, TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM]
I am proud to say that we were able to switch to UnitedHealthcare because we can provide what we want to provide to our staff, our community, and attract great candidates for the vacancies that we have.
PETER RONZA VOICEOVER: What has been incredibly impressive is the dedicated staff that has been given to us.
[VIDEO OF JAMES BENNETT TALKING TO A COLLEAGUE]
[JAMES BENNETT SPEAKING ON SCREEN]
[Text On Screen – James Bennett, Dedicated Service Account Manager, UnitedHealthcare]
JAMES BENNETT: My role is to work through issues with the employees, answering questions, assisting employees with anything from claims, to eligibility, to coverage. You really have to really like what you're doing and you have to really care about the individuals that you are providing services for.
[VIDEO OF PETER RONZA AND JAMES BENNETT CHATTING, TRANSITIONING TO PETER RONZA CHATTING WITH COURTNEY AYERS]
PETER RONZA: We're very grateful for James. His knowledge and accessibility to the resources of UnitedHealthcare not only help us, as administrators, when we may have an issue or a question, they help our employees greatly.
[COURTNEY AYERS SPEAKING ON SCREEN]
[Text On Screen – Courtney Ayers, Wellness Coordinator, Minneapolis Public Schools]
COURTNEY AYERS: UnitedHealthcare is super helpful when trying to send out communications because they can see the data of our claims and what our employees are going in for and using their health plan for.
[VIDEO OF COURTNEY AYERS WORKING AT HER COMPUTER, TRANSITIONING TO A PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER FAMILY AND BABY]
We recently just had our first child, and I was very grateful to have access to our UnitedHealthcare benefits. It was so helpful to be able to have a large network, being able to just use their apps, having access to our on-site account manager, to have that relationship.
[VIDEO OF COURTNEY AYERS WORKING AT HER COMPUTER]
When you have access to quality healthcare, that makes you feel like your employer cares about you. You're not just an employee. You are a mom, you have a family. It’s just awesome.
[VIDEO OF A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM]
TEACHER SPEAKING TO HER STUDENTS: The trick I use is you put your finger on the angle, don't touch a side, wherever your finger ends up, that's your opposite side.
[VIDEO OF SCENES FROM A SCHOOL, INCLUDING A STUDENT COMPLETING A LESSON, TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM]
PETER RONZA: Since bringing on UnitedHealthcare, it has enabled our employees to make important healthcare decisions, without complexity, and they can concentrate on then doing their job of providing an education to our students.
TEACHER SPEAKING TO A STUDENT: Oh, Jaleya, way too kind.
[VIDEO OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF MSP BUILDING WITH MINNEAPOLIS SKYLINE BEHIND IT]
[LOGO: UNITED HEALTHCARE, THERE FOR WHAT MATTERS™]
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