Fierce Healthcare10d
Optum Rx to reduce reauthorizations on 80 drugs
Optum Rx announced on Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs. | Optum ...
Yahoo Finance10d
Optum Rx Further Simplifies Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs
"Optum Rx is taking meaningful steps to simplify patient experiences ... including Optum Savings IQ which matches eligible Optum Specialty patients with financial resources and programs to lower their ...
Cardinal Health: A Safe Bet On U.S. Healthcare But Valuations Aren't Enticing
Cardinal Health outpaces S&P 500 with strong growth in specialty pharmaceuticals. Read why CAH stock has limited upside ...
Talk Business & Politics2d
Gov. Sanders signs PBM prompt pay bill; other PBM bill soon before committee
Legislation signed by Gov. Sarah Sanders requires pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacists for prescription drugs ...
I’m a healthcare CEO who has fought medication middlemen. Then my daughter’s condition made it personal.
My 19-year-old daughter required a treatment prescribed by her doctor. Even with my professional expertise, her doctor and I ...
The Pantagraph1d
Illinois patients, pharmacies struggle as PBMs drive up costs, limit access (copy)
The legislation, SB 2385, filed by state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, would curb PBM abuses by stopping steering, mandating ...
Nevada Current4d
Pharmacy benefit managers lining pockets at expense of patients, say lawmakers
Third-party companies known as pharmacy benefit managers, which administer prescription drug benefits for health insurance ...
Healio23d
FTC report on pharmacy benefit managers uncovers a system ‘addicted to higher list prices’
The markups — at CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx — were seen not only ... shined a spotlight on 51 generic specialty drugs, including sildenafil, tadalafil, azathioprine and ...