Optum Rx’s push to reform its reauthorization policy comes amid broad scrutiny of prior authorization processes, where doctors need to get approval from insurers before they provide some services.

OptumRx has published its quarterly Drug Pipeline Insights Report, which highlights three notable drugs that could have a significant impact on payers and patients. The drugs are currently being ...

UnitedHealth rolls out AI in Optum Rx to flag pharmacy fraud, billing anomalies and medication risks, aiming to curb cost ...

It’s looking increasingly likely that the UnitedHealth and CVS drug middlemen will also make peace with federal regulators, ...

UnitedHealth Group’s UNH Optum Rx recently announced a major step toward modernizing pharmacy payments, a decision that could strengthen its market position and financial outlook. By adopting a ...

Optum Rx has developed AI-driven initiatives to make pharmacy operations faster, safer and more reliable, as well as to give its pharmacists more time to focus on patient care. “We use both AI and ...

Optum Rx is committed to making prescription drugs more affordable and the pharmacy experience simpler for consumers with chronic conditions, eliminating up to 25% of reauthorizations, which is equal ...

Pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx will increase reimbursement minimums for brand-name drugs for about 2,300 independent pharmacies around the country – those that are not affiliated with a pharmacy ...

Health plan trustees at a Minneapolis-based construction workers union are suing a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group for paying more than $4 million for costly weight-loss drugs, depleting union funds ...

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx is monitoring three notable drug candidates that might be approved in the next few months, according to its winter 2026 report published Jan. 2. Two of the medications ...

UnitedHealth Group’s multibillion-dollar pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, is suing five Kentucky counties in an attempt to force them out of national opioid litigation against the company. Pharmacy ...