Optum Rx, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit management company, unveiled a new pricing trend May 20 — following an industrywide trend of increasing transparency on medication costs. The pharmacy ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OptumRx has received the 2019 Excellence Award for Opioid Management Strategies from the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute. The award recognizes OptumRx for ...

Rising prices set by pharmaceutical companies are causing pharmacies across the United States to pay more for many drugs, impacting their ability to maintain high-quality care for patients. Effective ...

Optum has tapped its second chief financial officer in fewer than six months, confirming to Healthcare Dive that Ben Eklo, a ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthTrust, a leading group purchasing organization and health care performance improvement company, has selected OptumRx as its exclusive pharmacy care services ...

A new pharmacy model from Optum Rx called Clear Trend Guarantee is seeking to increase transparency around drug costs for members. The pharmacy services arm of UnitedHealth Group's Optum, Optum Rx is ...

The finance leader at one of UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s two major divisions has left that role after less than six months, the ...

OptumRx, a leading pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organization and one of the Optum businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has launched a new product designed to help keep pharmacy benefit ...

Roger Connor is leaving the role to return to the U.K. to be closer to family, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, ...

UnitedHealth Group’s UNH Optum Rx recently announced a major step toward modernizing pharmacy payments, a decision that could strengthen its market position and financial outlook. By adopting a ...

UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx announced Monday that it will acquire Diplomat, a struggling specialty pharmacy and PBM headquartered in Flint, Mich. Diplomat provides specialty ...

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is acquiring Diplomat Pharmacy in a $300 million deal, officials for both companies announced Monday. Diplomat, a provider of specialty pharmacy and infusion services, had ...