The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage authorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat ...

The PBM is pivoting to a cost-based reimbursement model, which it says will reduce variation in how pharmacies are paid.

Optum Rx will increase reimbursements to pharmacies for brand-name drugs and cut them for generics.  Optum Rx said the new ...

Optum Rx is shifting its payment models to better meet the needs of pharmacies and consumers, the pharmacy benefit manager ...

UnitedHealth Group’s UNH Optum Rx recently announced a major step toward modernizing pharmacy payments, a decision that could ...

Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager under UnitedHealth Group, is set to eliminate prior authorization requirements for ...

Optum Rx's new cost-based program uses an internal algorithm that leverages multiple available industry data sources, such as ...

Optum Rx announced on Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs. | Optum ...

Optum Rx has eliminated prior authorization for almost 70 drugs for chronic diseases, about 10% of its overall pharmacy prior ...

Optum Rx is shifting to a new pharmacy reimbursement model that should result in pharmacies being paid more for brand-name drugs and less for generics. It’s the latest move from a major drug ...