He died days later. The lawsuit accuses OptumRx, a prescription middleman company that determined Schmidtknecht’s health plan, of negligence and violating Wisconsin statutes. The 156-page ...

OptumRx is a pharmacy benefit manager, also known as a PBM, which acts as a go-between for UnitedHealth Group with drug companies and pharmacies. According to UnitedHealth Group's website ...

and indirectly with Optum Rx." The company claims that despite the lawsuit complaint's statement that Cole had been taking Advair Diskus regularly up until the medication stopped being covered by ...

And key players — including the Big Three pharmacy benefit managers (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx) and drug manufacturers — are facing more scrutiny from the federal government.