In a lawsuit announced last week, Bucks County officials accuse pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) CVS Caremark, Express ...

Optum Rx, announced Thursday the launch of cost-based payment models to support its non-affiliated network pharmacies. The company said cost-based reimbursements are expected to address a main ...

EPN is committed to working alongside Optum Rx in their efforts to address reimbursement issues that plague pharmacies nationwide." In parallel, Optum Rx will similarly transition client ...

Optum Rx's new cost-based program uses an internal algorithm that ... NCPA remains hopeful that at least one of the Big 3 PBMs wants to address the prescription payment issues that affect pharmacies’ ...

UnitedHealth has since been working to address the challenges physicians and patients face. Within OptumRx, the company introduced in October 2024 the PreCheck Prior Authorization program to help ...

While Emisar represents both OptumRx and UnitedHealthcare as their GPO at this time only OptumRx has agreed to the Emisar terms. ARS Pharma is working closely with UnitedHealthcare, as one of the ...

In the lawsuit complaint, Cole's parents, Bil and Shanon Schmidtknecht, allege both OptumRx and Walgreens were negligent and bear responsibility for their son's death. Five days before Cole's ...

APPLETON, Wis. — A Wisconsin couple filed a federal lawsuit against both Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, claiming their son died due to a sudden $500 spike in his ...

They told him there were no cheaper alternatives or generic medications available, they didn't contact OptumRx to request an exception on Cole's behalf, and they didn't ask Cole's doctor to ...

Furrow called the Schmidtknechts’ claim against Optum Rx “a bit of stretch” if Optum, as it claims, directed the pharmacy to tell Cole to contact his doctor about alternative medications.

They told him there were no cheaper alternatives or generic medications available, they didn't contact OptumRx to request an exception on Cole's behalf, and they didn't ask Cole's doctor to ...