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-: When I first came to Optum Care,
I was very inundated in private practice,
I was looking for something where I could just take care
of patients not be burdened with them,
with anything else and just go home happy.
And I did find that because the resources are set up for it.
But I also found the relationships,
the compassion, the innovation,
everything I went into private practice for
still existed even in the realm of a big company
and I was really shocked by that,
that was the key selling point
that made me know I wanted to be a part of Optum Care.
-: Coming from a really, really small practice
and moving on to like a global company.
I just feel like I have a lot of support
and I can just focus on what I went to medical school for,
you know, to take care of patients,
and the better I do,
and the harder I work,
it gets recognized,
it never goes unrecognized with Optum.
-: I was part of the acquisition back
when my company first joined Optum Care in 2011,
we were a lot smaller at that time
and we've definitely grown
so it's been amazing to see all the growth
and all the tremendous impact
that we can have really across the country,
on our patient population
and to meet a lot of medical directors,
fellow medical directors,
fellow physician leaders,
and to understand that we can truly change the course
of health care in this country.
So it's been exciting to watch.
-: And when I joined,
Laura and I worked for the same company.
I didn't know what Optum was,
I didn't know what I was joining
but coming from the practice
that I was at before when I interviewed,
I knew something was different,
I knew something was more collaborative,
I knew something was more innovative,
more supportive,
I didn't know what it was
but then coming to be there for a few years now,
I'm seeing now how Optum has shaped that,
has really come to light.
-: I found that Optum Care really
ultimately supports my philosophy is that I work to live,
I don't live to work.
And I have a wife and three children at home.
And if I bring my work home,
if I'm too just worn out that I can't be a good dad
and be a good husband then it's not really,
it's not worth it.
So Optum Care really has provided that
with the flexible schedule we have.
I'm not just tied down to a schedule,
I get to enjoy my family.