Optum — UnitedHealth Group’s division that controls one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers — is moving to improve access and pricing for prescription drugs by cutting some ...

Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s national physicians group, dealing a major setback to Steward’s efforts to bolster its finances after filing ...

Optum notable drugs nearing FDA approval include Anaphylm, Sotyktu, and insulin icodec with decisions expected early 2026.

A move by Optum to change longstanding practices for licensing data to academic institutions has sparked an outcry among researchers, who argue the move will make accessing data so costly and ...

UnitedHealth Group’s fastest-growing subsidiary, Optum, has made waves within the healthcare industry through its big-budget acquisitions over the past year. Should all of its in-process deals go ...

The home health bidding wars are heating up as UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit is making a big play for home health and hospice firm Amedisys. Just one month ago, Amedisys agreed to be bought by ...

Optum Rx is rolling out new programs aimed at supporting independent and rural pharmacies in closing care gaps beginning in June. The pharmacy benefit manager said Tuesday that the new initiatives ...

We’re all busy, but one appointment can make a big difference. Southwest Medical, part of Optum is here with why annual check ...

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business Monday made an unsolicited cash offer of more than $3 billion to the board of home health provider Amedisys. The “all-cash offer,” valued at nearly ...