OptumRx claims the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides “broad preemption” that prevents state law from imposing liability on employee benefit plans.

UnitedHealth Group Inc's OptumRx unit has agreed to pay $15 million to settle claims that it overcharged Ohio's worker's compensation agency for prescription drugs, the state announced Tuesday.

The Federal Trade Commission accused UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts of pocketing over $7 billion in markups on generic specialty drugs over a 5-year period.

Pharmacy benefits manager OptumRx must have another chance to force more than 400 pharmacies in 47 states to arbitrate their breach of contract claims against it, a federal appeals court held ...

OptumRx pays $20M to settle federal opioid investigation. The company mailed “trinity” prescriptions that raised unresolved red flags, authorities say. By Brooks Johnson.

Cardinal Health said on Monday its pharma distribution contracts with UnitedHealth Group Inc's OptumRx unit will not be renewed after they expire at the end of June. The drug distributor said it ...

In December pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx filed a motion in federal court in Ohio to disqualify Motley Rice, a South Carolina plaintiffs firm suing the company in multidistrict opioid litigation.

UnitedHealth Group and OptumRx, are expanding a new program that passes along pharmacy discounts they get from drug manufacturer rebates to new employer customers.

Based on information provided by Welltok, OptumRx determined in November that some patients’ information was compromised. Data including names, dates of birth, genders, phone numbers, mailing ...

OptumRx has to repay the state $15 million in prescription-drug overcharges assessed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) under an agreement announced today by Ohio Attorney General ...

OptumRx, Optum’s pharmacy benefit management company, has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations it improperly filled certain opioid prescriptions, violating the Controlled Substances Act.

OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit manager unit of UnitedHealth Group, released its quarterly Drug Pipelines Insights Report. Advertisement. Maia Anderson Friday, January 31st, 2020.