Prior authorization is one of the few tools to keep health care costs in check, ensuring that treatments are medically ...

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

Prior authorization is the process by which your doctor must request approval from your Medicare plan before they can order a particular medication or medical service. Generally, Original Medicare ...

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Optum Rx — which includes the pharmacy benefit manager of health care conglomerate UnitedHealth Group — is dropping annual ...

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UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx plans to cut up to 25% of its medication reauthorizations. OptumRx will ...

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

If you or someone you know has ever experienced the frustration of a delayed medical procedure or a denied prescription due ...

Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager under UnitedHealth Group, is set to eliminate prior authorization requirements for ...