Optum Rx is planning to add up to three biosimilar drugs to its formulary to compete directly with AbbVie's Humira.

Optum's AI chatbot was found exposed online at a time when the healthcare giant faces scrutiny for its use of AI to allegedly deny patient claims.

UnitedHealth and Optum have a significant interest in helping to build a new coding system, as the firm generates big profits from Medicare Advantage.

The federal judge overseeing nationwide litigation over the opioid crisis has denied pharmacy benefit managers OptumRx and Express Scripts’ demand that he recuse himself from cases against them ...

Optum WA cuts care for more than 23K Medicaid patients On Nov. 1, patients in Snohomish County with certain Medicaid plans may need to find new doctors. by Sydney Jackson Thursday, August 29, 2024 ...

Exclusive: A move by Optum to change longstanding practices for licensing data to academic institutions has sparked an outcry among researchers.

Patrick Conway will replace Heather Cianfrocco, who is being promoted to UnitedHealth’s executive vice president of governance, compliance and information security, the company announced Tuesday.

The American Medical Association is urging Optum to stop its approach for recouping Change Healthcare cyberattack-related loans and to suspend all claim filing deadlines associated with the resulting ...

Effective immediately and with full implementation by January 2028, Optum Rx will align payment models more closely to the costs pharmacies may face due to manufacturer pricing actions. This ...

Optum’s 2024 clinic closures: What ASCs need to know Optum, the country’s largest employer of physicians and parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, has revealed plans to shutter several clinics so ...

Optum, a health care company owned by UnitedHealth Group, is laying off 364 workers in California, many of them at urgent care facilities.