Unable to afford it, Cole left the pharmacy with only a rescue inhaler he was able to get with a $5 copay. Cole's parents allege OptumRx discontinued coverage of Cole's inhaler, Advair Diskus ...

His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are responsible for their son's death. The Schmidtknechts' ...

Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager owned by UnitedHealth Group, placed Journavx on some of its commercial formularies in ...

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 ...

"We need true change," Bil Schmidtknecht said. 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.

The “Big Three” PBMs are kicking their suit up to the 8th Circuit and, in the meantime, are once again asking a Missouri ...

The Boston-based company's new medication, called Journavx, is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than ...

Vertex's Journavx, a new non-opioid pain drug, lands Tier 3 on Optum Rx formularies. Vertex reports $2.91 billion Q4 sales.

Optum Rx, a pharmacy benefit manager owned by one of the country’s largest insurance companies, UnitedHealth Group, has added a new, much-anticipated pain drug to some of its commercial ...