The PBM is pivoting to a cost-based reimbursement model, which it says will reduce variation in how pharmacies are paid.

Optum Rx's new cost-based program uses an internal algorithm that leverages multiple available industry data sources, such as ...

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

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

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

UnitedHealth Group’s UNH Optum Rx recently announced a major step toward modernizing pharmacy payments, a decision that could ...

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

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s drug-benefits unit is starting to reimburse pharmacies more for dispensing brand-name medicines to ...

The PBM also announced that it will make the pharmacy experience simpler for consumers with chronic conditions by eliminating ...

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

Optum Rx said it will similarly transition client arrangements such as employer and health plan customers - to ensure transparency and greater alignment to drug costs. It has already started ...

Optum Rx is shifting to a new pharmacy reimbursement model that should result in pharmacies being paid more for brand-name drugs and less for generics. It’s the latest move from a major drug ...