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The company is adding new products treating a range of issues, including HIV, hypertension and behavioral health.

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Optum Rx is nixing reauthorization requirements for more than 60 additional medications. | The PBM giant's list of drugs includes products for behavioral health, HIV, dry eye disease, high cholesterol ...

Optum Rx officials said they now have eliminated reauthorization requirements for more than 140 chronic disease medications.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx will remove reauthorization requirements for more than 60 chronic disease medications on July 1.  The cuts are in addition to about 80 reauthorizations Optum Rx ...

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.

Play (1min) JHVEPhoto UnitedHealth’s (NYSE: UNH) pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, announced Thursday the launch of cost-based payment models to support its non-affiliated network pharmacies.

Epic Pharmacy Network, a Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization representing more than 1,000 independent pharmacies in the U.S., has partnered with Optum Rx on a cost-based reimbursement model.

Zinger Key Points Optum Rx’s changes will impact over 24,000 independent community pharmacies. Up to 25% of reauthorizations will be eliminated, easing patient access to drugs.

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 change ...