AmeriHealth Caritas, whose parent company also owns Independence Blue Cross, said it will hire UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx for pharmacy benefit management services.

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Three drugs treating chronic conditions are set for Food and Drug Administration review by the end of the year, and a new report from Optum Rx digs into why payers should be watching these decisions.

Optum Rx will reduce reauthorizations on 40 additional medications Jan. 1, surpassing initial goals set out earlier this year. The pharmacy benefit management arm of UnitedHealth Group first revealed ...

Optum Rx has developed AI-driven initiatives to make pharmacy operations faster, safer and more reliable, as well as to give its pharmacists more time to focus on patient care. “We use both AI and ...

Cole Schmidtknecht died Jan. 21, 2024, from complications of an asthma attack days after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed. Schmidtknecht's family sued Walgreens and OptumRx claiming negiligence, ...

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH is doubling down on digital transformation throughout its healthcare ecosystem, with its pharmacy benefits division, Optum Rx, playing a key role in this initiative ...

Optum Rx has hiked the minimum that independent pharmacies are reimbursed for brand name drugs as the major pharmacy benefit manager continues to work to improve its relationship with pharmacies. The ...

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