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

The PBM also announced that it will make the pharmacy experience simpler for consumers with chronic conditions by eliminating ...

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

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

Optum — which is UnitedHealth Group’s division that controls one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers — is moving to improve access and pricing for prescription drugs by cutting some ...

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

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

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 ...