The changes come as pharmacy benefit managers face scrutiny for how they require doctors and patients to seek its approval for certain treatments and drugs.

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

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

The new cost-based program leverages multiple available industry data sources, such as NADAC and PAC, to inform reimbursement ...

UnitedHealth started making these changes over the past year, and the company aims to apply them to all prescriptions by 2028 ...

Optum Rx is cutting prior authorizations on 80 drugs and updating payment models to improve reimbursements, benefiting ...

Optum Rx said it will similarly transition client arrangements such as employer and health plan customers - to ensure transparency and greater alignment to drug costs. It has already started ...

Rising prices set by pharmaceutical companies are causing pharmacies across the United States to pay more for many drugs, impacting their ability to maintain high-quality care for patients.

OptumRx is changing the way it pays pharmacies, reimbursing them more for branded drugs and less for generics, the company ...