UnitedHealth’s (NYSE:UNH) pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, announced Thursday the launch of cost-based payment models to ...

Optum Rx is shifting its payment models to better meet the needs of pharmacies and consumers, the pharmacy benefit manager ...

OptumRx is changing the way it pays pharmacies, reimbursing them more for branded drugs and less for generics, the company ...

The changes come as pharmacy benefit managers face scrutiny for how they require doctors and patients to seek its approval for certain treatments and drugs.

The new cost-based program leverages multiple available industry data sources, such as NADAC and PAC, to inform reimbursement ...

Optum Rx is cutting prior authorizations on 80 drugs and updating payment models to improve reimbursements, benefiting ...

Optum Rx will increase reimbursements to pharmacies for brand-name drugs and cut them for generics.  Optum Rx said the new ...

The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage reauthorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat ...

Aetna Inc. and OptumHealth Care Solutions Inc. received initial court approval for an $8.35 million class settlement aimed at ...

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.

Optum Rx announced on Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs. | Optum ...

The PBM plans to stop requiring coverage authorization for about 80 drugs, including Vertex’s cystic fibrosis medicines and ...