UnitedHealth Arm to Acquire Connextions

OptumHealth has agreed to acquire another health care technology and business services company.

OptumHealth, Eden Prairie, Minn. – a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn. (NYSE:UNH) — has agreed to acquire Connextions Inc., Orlando, Fla.

Optum Health has focused mainly on providing support services for health plans and other health care payers.

Connextions helps health insurers, health insurance exchange programs and consumer-oriented businesses sell to consumers and manage other consumer communications through call centers and through the Internet.

Connextions agents also provide plan navigation and physician appointment scheduling services.