Unimed de Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico

What Unimed de Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico does

Unimed de Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico is a Brazilian medical cooperative headquartered in Bauru, São Paulo state, operating as part of the national Sistema Unimed network of physician-owned health plan cooperatives. The firm's recorded headcount in the input is 5, which is anomalous for a regional Unimed entity and likely a data quality artifact; the cooperative serves individual, family, MEI/SMB, and corporate beneficiaries in the Bauru region through health insurance plans and related services.

The detailed source data directly pertains to Unimed-BH (Unimed Belo Horizonte), a separate and larger Unimed cooperative, and is not directly attributable to Unimed de Bauru. That said, the broader Unimed cooperative model — as documented in the source — centers on a portfolio of health insurance plans (entry-level to comprehensive tiers), dental plans, add-on services such as aeromedical transport and family protection, and digital services including a mobile app with facial biometric authentication and a self-service ecommerce platform for plan contracting. Distribution operates through owned retail stores, insurance brokers, phone-based inside sales, WhatsApp, and the mobile app, while care delivery leverages a network of cooperating physicians, own-network hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, plus national emergency coverage through the Sistema Unimed affiliation.

Revenue is generated through recurring monthly health insurance premiums across individual, family, MEI/small business, and corporate segments, with cross-sell into dental, ambulance, and aeromedical services. The firm's regulatory standing is anchored by ANS certification and consecutive maximum IDSS scores, supported by 55 years of operating history and multi-year Top of Mind brand recognition (at the Unimed-BH level). Important caveat: entity-specific financials, beneficiary counts, and growth metrics for Unimed de Bauru are not available in the input, and the only source is mismatched to the target entity.

Name

Unimed de Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico

Website

https://extranet.unimedbh.com.br

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Unimed de Bauru Cooperativa de Trabalho Médico is a physician-owned medical cooperative in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, offering health insurance plans, dental coverage, and ancillary health services to individuals, families, and businesses through the national Sistema Unimed network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Insurance

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (62199)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

CO-OP / Nonprofit Individual Market Plans (HLAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

International / Expatriate Group Health Plans (FSAIAFAJ)

Keywords

• Health insurance plans
• Medical cooperative
• Dental coverage
• Healthcare network
• Supplementary medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Health Insurance Premiums: Monthly recurring premiums from individual, family, MEI/small business, and corporate health insurance plans. Revenue is recurring and subscription-based, collected monthly from beneficiaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

A medical cooperative that sells health insurance plans across multiple tiers (Unifácil, Unimed Pleno, Unipart Flex, Unimax, Bem Digital) to individuals, families, MEI/small businesses, and corporate clients, complemented by dental plans, online medical consultations, 24-hour ambulance service, aeromedical transport, maternity programs (Unibaby), and health promotion programs. The cooperative provides access to a network of 5,400+ cooperating physicians and 310+ hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, with national urgency/emergency coverage through the Sistema Unimed network. Note: source content describes Unimed-BH (Belo Horizonte) within the Sistema Unimed; Unimed de Bauru operates as a peer cooperative in the same system with a comparable plan portfolio.

Product overview

Unimed-BH operates as a comprehensive health insurance cooperative offering a portfolio of health insurance plans including Unifácil, Unimed Pleno, Unipart Flex, Unimax, and Bem Digital for individuals, families, and corporate clients. The company provides dental insurance plans, optional add-on services including aeromedical transport, family protection insurance, and 24-hour ambulance services. Digital services include a mobile app (App Unimed-BH) and client portal (Espaço do Cliente) enabling online consultations, appointment scheduling, and access to medical information. The company also operates the Instituto Unimed-BH for social and cultural community initiatives. All plans provide access to the largest healthcare network in Minas Gerais state with over 5,400 cooperating physicians and 310 hospitals, clinics, and laboratories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Unifácil

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of clients report satisfaction with services
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Pague MenosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmacy chain partnership offering Unimed-BH clients exclusive discounts on flu vaccines at Pague Menos drugstores.
• Farmácias Pague MenosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership providing vaccination discount benefits to Unimed-BH customers at Pague Menos pharmacy locations.
• Sistema UnimedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health system network providing coverage for urgency and emergency care across Brazil through 2500+ hospitals and 200+ emergency points. Core infrastructure partnership for national service delivery.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Unimed do Brasil: National federation of the Unimed cooperative system of which Unimed-BH is a member. Directly comparable as the central brand, technology, and inter-cooperative network (2,500+ hospitals) operator that defines Unimed-BH's service model.
• Amil: One of the largest health insurance operators in Brazil, offering individual, family, and corporate plans with its own provider network. Directly competes with Unimed-BH across plan tiers and customer segments in the Brazilian supplemental health market.
• Hapvida NotreDame Interm\u00e9dica: Vertically integrated Brazilian health plan operator with owned hospitals, clinics, and physician networks. Closely comparable to Unimed-BH's model of combining insurance with an owned provider network (310+ facilities).

Broad incumbents

• UnitedHealth Group (Optum): Global health insurance and care delivery business via UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Comparable to Unimed-BH's insurance-plus-provider network approach at scale, illustrating where vertical integration can compound.
• Kaiser Permanente: US-based integrated managed care organization combining insurer and provider functions with strong member-facing digital tools. Comparable to Unimed-BH's vertically integrated model of insurance + owned provider network + digital self-service.
• SulAm\u00e9rica Sa\u00fade: Major Brazilian health insurance carrier with broad portfolio of individual, family, and corporate plans. Comparable to Unimed-BH as a national plan competitor with multi-channel digital distribution and broker-led sales.
• Bradesco Sa\u00fade: Large Brazilian health insurer owned by Bradesco, with strong corporate and individual plan presence. Comparable as a scaled national competitor overlapping with Unimed-BH's Unimax Corporativo and individual/family lines.

Regional players

• Unimed Porto Alegre: Sister Unimed cooperative serving Rio Grande do Sul. Highly comparable operating model (cooperative, member physicians, ANS-regulated plans, regional provider network) but operates in a distinct geography.
• Unimed Campinas: Sister Unimed cooperative in S\u00e3o Paulo state. Comparable cooperative structure, plan portfolio, and provider network model, but does not directly compete in Minas Gerais.

Emerging players

• NotreDame Interm\u00e9dica (pre-Hapvida): Brazilian health plan operator with owned hospital and clinic network, now part of Hapvida. Comparable to Unimed-BH's owned-network model and historically positioned as a growing challenger in the supplemental health market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unimed-de-bauru-cooperativa-de-trabalho-m%C3%A9dico

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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