Fierce Healthcare26d
Optum Rx commits to passing through 100% of drug rebates, Witty says
UnitedHealth Group's Optum Rx unit made a commitment to pass through 100% of rebates negotiated with drugmakers to the client. UnitedHealth Group's stock was down 5% Thursday after it released its ...
Becker's Hospital Review27d
Why Optum's consumer count dropped by 4 million
Optum saw 4 million less consumers in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter as the company focuses on a broad strategy centered on integrated, value-based care. "One area that ...
Zawya27d
Bahrain: UGH signs share purchase deal
Bahrain - United Gulf Holding Company (UGH) said it has signed a share purchase agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary United Gulf Bank (UGB) to Burgan Bank for $190 million. The sale is ...
MinnPost28d
FTC says Minnesota-based Optum, et al., inflate cancer drug prices 1,000%
Joe Augustine and Kelcey Carlson at FOX 9 are reporting Minnesota-based Optum RX, CVS Caremark and Express Scripts are marking up drugs that treat cancer and multiple sclerosis by more than 1,000 ...
Orthopedics This Week28d
Optum’s ASC Unit Buys OrthoAlliance for $1.4 Billion
Specialty care management company SCA Health, the ASC division of Optum, has acquired orthopedic management company OrthoAlliance for an estimated $1.4 billion. OrthoAlliance, based in Sharonville, ...
Business Insider28d
Your UGGs may not be the shoes you think they are
But whatever you've got on your feet, the shoes likely have a deep, complicated history that's enough to make you say "ugh." Read next ...
Fox 928d
FTC says Optum, other prescription benefit managers inflate cancer drug prices 1,000%
The Federal Trade Commission released another investigation Tuesday on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including Minnesota-based Optum. FOX 9 recently found PBMs have been accused of driving ...
STAT29d
FTC slams PBMs for boosting specialty drug prices at the expense of the U.S. health care system
The latest report accuses the PBMs — CVS Caremark, Optum Rx, and Express Scripts, all of which are owned by large health insurers — of boosting prices of specialty generic drugs that are sold ...
AZ Central29d
Fox News names Neil Cavuto replacement — unsurprisingly disappointing | Opinion
Fox News announced its successor to Neil Cavuto, who unexpectedly left the network in December. Will Cain, an avowed conservative who co-hosts “Fox & Friends Weekend,” will take over Cavuto ...
Oregonian9mon
Health care giant Optum faces new scrutiny after fumbled arrival in Eugene, but it’s already entrenched in Oregon
Dr. Amandajo Sanders knew changes were likely when, in 2020, health care colossus Optum purchased the Eugene medical group where she worked. She never suspected that Optum’s reboot of the Oregon ...
Oregonian10mon
Optum, buyer of Eugene's Oregon Medical Group, tells patients to seek care elsewhere as physicians leave
A major Lane County health care provider owned by the controversial Optum Inc. is informing an untold number of patients that it will no longer treat them. In letters, Oregon Medical Group is ...