The forgiveness of Morningstar wrote that Unitedhealth Group “remains the strongest organization of care that we cover with an important margin for the execution error as we currently see.”
The change of CEO “does not strike us very surprising in the light of recent commercial developments and the deterioration of Investor Trust”, wrote Whit Mayo, analyst at Leerink Partners. The suspension of financial guidelines is more worrying, added Mayo, although he could allow Hemsley to “settle in the role, determine the trend and start the process of restoring a certain credibility with the investor community”.
The transition on Tuesday is the second time that Hemsley has accumulated the role of CEO at a critical time for the country’s largest health care company.
When he did in 2006, some former leaders told Minnesota Star Tribune that it was the lower profile hem which had brought a basic commercial discipline to the company when it was very necessary as a result of a series of acquisitions dating from the 1990s. It was the company of Hemsley, they said, even if McGuire, the commanding doctor who became executive, did most of the interviews scholarship holders.
Described over the years like everything, from a guy to the number to a type of professor Brainy, Hemsley almost suggested an appetite for broccoli when he soberly described the path to come.
“I am humiliated to return to the mission of this company and to the thousands of employees dedicated to this mission,” said Hemsley. “I have all confidence in the management team and the capacities of this company to continue to create and pursue important opportunities to provide substantial contributions to health care in this country and to return to our long -term growth expectations.”