Wisconsin man dies after inhaler cost jumps $500, according to family's lawsuit
A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a ...
Managed Healthcare Executive24d
Wezlana, First Stelara Biosimilar To Hit the Market, Available Only Through Optum's Nuvaila
Without a lot of fanfare or a news release, Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub), the first Stelara (ustekinumab) biosimilar has hit the market but only through a biosimilar procurement business of Optum, a ...
Fierce Healthcare29d
Optum Rx commits to passing through 100% of drug rebates, Witty says
UnitedHealth Group's Optum Rx unit made a commitment to pass through 100% of rebates negotiated with drugmakers to the client. UnitedHealth Group's stock was down 5% Thursday after it released its ...
ABC News29d
What to know about REAL ID
The REAL ID requirement was supposed to go into effect years ago. Planning to travel by air in the U.S. later this year? A regular driver's license may not cut it. Travelers flying through U.S ...
Coeur d'Alene Press29d
ECHO Idaho offers classroom behavioral health, autism support training
ECHO Idaho’s K-12 education program is offering educators and clinicians the ability to be trained in behavioral health in the classroom and supporting students with autism this year.
Becker's Hospital Review1mon
Why Optum's consumer count dropped by 4 million
Optum saw 4 million less consumers in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter as the company focuses on a broad strategy centered on integrated, value-based care. "One area that ...
Managed Healthcare Executive1mon
Updated: UnitedHealth Group's 2024 Revenue Grows to Reach $400.3 Billion
Within Optum Health, revenue grew 12% in 2024 over 2023, which the company said was led by Optum Rx and Optum Health. Optum Rx, which provides pharmacy benefit services, saw revenue in 2024 increase ...
MinnPost1mon
FTC says Minnesota-based Optum, et al., inflate cancer drug prices 1,000%
Joe Augustine and Kelcey Carlson at FOX 9 are reporting Minnesota-based Optum RX, CVS Caremark and Express Scripts are marking up drugs that treat cancer and multiple sclerosis by more than 1,000 ...
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Optum’s ASC Unit Buys OrthoAlliance for $1.4 Billion
Specialty care management company SCA Health, the ASC division of Optum, has acquired orthopedic management company OrthoAlliance for an estimated $1.4 billion. OrthoAlliance, based in Sharonville, ...
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Health care giant Optum faces new scrutiny after fumbled arrival in Eugene, but it’s already entrenched in Oregon
Dr. Amandajo Sanders knew changes were likely when, in 2020, health care colossus Optum purchased the Eugene medical group where she worked. She never suspected that Optum’s reboot of the Oregon ...
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Optum, buyer of Eugene's Oregon Medical Group, tells patients to seek care elsewhere as physicians leave
A major Lane County health care provider owned by the controversial Optum Inc. is informing an untold number of patients that it will no longer treat them. In letters, Oregon Medical Group is ...