Optum Rx is shifting its payment models to better meet the needs of pharmacies and consumers, the pharmacy benefit manager announced Thursday. The company said it will shift to a cost-based model ...

Optum Rx announced Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs. The pharmacy benefit management arm of UnitedHealth Group said it will work with ...

Healthcare giant Optum has restricted access to an internal AI chatbot used by employees after a security researcher found it was publicly accessible online, and anyone could access it using only ...

Optum and Express Scripts have said that all the claims against them are without merit. The MDL is In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...

Optum, an arm of health insurance giant UnitedHealth, struck a preliminary deal in March to acquire Stewardship Health for an undisclosed sum. Stewardship, a Steward affiliate, ...

The massive PBM is pivoting to a cost-based reimbursement model, which it says will reduce variation in how pharmacies are paid. Pharmacy groups say that depends on the specifics of Optum Rx’s plan.

Optum has more than 310,000 employees across the globe. Despite the recent layoffs, the company has more than 20,000 job openings across the country, with many remote positions available, a ...

Optum Rx is moving to eliminate prior authorizations on dozens of drugs, the UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager said Wednesday, paring back a key pain point for physicians and patients at ...

Optum Rx opened a new pharmacy fulfillment center in Mesa, adding 300 jobs to its more than 5,500 workforce in Arizona. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the US, now employs nearly 90,000 physicians and 40,000 advanced practice clinicians, according to Optum Health CEO Amar Desai.

The six deals: 1. In March, Optum acquired home healthcare business LHC Group for $5.4 billion. Lafayette, La.-based LHC Group offers in-home health and hospice care from 964 locations in 37 states.

After Optum Health’s lowest profit margin in a decade, UnitedHealth makes changes. By Bob Herman Aug. 14, 2023. Reprints. The profit margin at Optum Health is at the lowest in a decade.