New UnitedHealth Chief Executive Stephen Hemsley will get a pay package worth $61 million, mostly in stock options that vest after three years, and which he could keep even if he steps down or is terminated sooner.

Stephen Hemsley hasn’t been CEO at UnitedHealth Group in nearly a decade yet he’s never really left. Hemsley, 72, has remained chairman and a major shareholder in the health care behemoth — and now is back in the CEO

UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley, who replaced Andrew Witty, said he has the right strategy in place “for the era ahead.”