Optum Rx remove reauthorization requirements for 40 drugs starting Jan. 1 to streamline access and expand automated prior authorization.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager of UnitedHealthcare, will reduce reauthorizations for an ...

Optum Rx will reduce reauthorizations on 40 additional medications Jan. 1, surpassing initial goals set out earlier this year. | Optum Rx will reduce reauthorizations on 40 additional medications on ...

Three drugs treating chronic conditions are set for Food and Drug Administration review by the end of the year, and a new report from Optum Rx digs into why payers should be watching these decisions.

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 ...

OptumRx overcharged Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on more than 1.3 million prescription claims, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost claimed in a Feb. 8 court filing, The Columbus Dispatch ...

OptumRx, a pharmacy benefit manager unit of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), has reportedly agreed to a $20 million settlement following U.S. government claims that it improperly filled certain opioid ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum Rx, UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) pharmacy services company, has launched Price Edge, a tool that seamlessly compares available direct-to-consumer ...

A Wisconsin couple are suing Walgreens and Optum Rx over their son's death, claiming he was unable to afford a sudden spike of cost in his asthma medication. The suit was submitted in federal court by ...

OptumRx, Optum’s pharmacy benefit management company, has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations it improperly filled certain opioid prescriptions, violating the Controlled Substances Act.