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Optum Rx pharmacy benefit management

Making pharmacy benefits more transparent

As the first comprehensive, transparent PBM, we support actionable, verifiable information that helps you understand how your pharmacy dollars are being spent.

How you benefit from transparency

We offer full transparency into drug evaluation, pricing, and formulary placement. Plan sponsors get audit rights and aligned pricing. Providers access patient-specific cost and coverage. Members receive savings alerts and guidance to the lowest price.

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End-to-end transparency at every step

Clinical-first drug evaluation

Our independent Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is comprised of physicians, pharmacists and clinicians.

Formulary choices

Understanding formulary economics is essential to selecting the best formulary option for your plan.

Pricing model choice

Choose and configure a pricing model aligned with your principles that pass through 100% of rebates.

Private-label flexibility

Reach new levels of visibility into drug cost economics when configuring your formulary choices.

Audit rights

We ensure clear reporting and disclosures to give plan sponsors verifiable confidence on their plan as promised.

Pricing guardrails

We have transparent and clearly established pricing guardrails that consider Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) pricing.

Digital tools for patient access

Physicians and pharmacists can use digital platforms and tools to see real-time costs for their patients.

Consumer advocacy and protection

Total transparency requires giving members new levels of visibility into their pharmacy benefit.

  

Pharmacy regulation updates

We closely monitor what’s happening in pharmacy legislation that has the potential to adversely impact pharmacy benefits offered by fully insured and self-insured clients. Read the latest updates.

Regulations to watch: Summer 2025

As legislation impacting PBMs ramps up again at the state level, the Trump administration signs drug pricing executive order in Washington, D.C.

Regulations to watch: Spring 2025

Learn what’s at stake for pharmacy benefits sponsors as federal oversight changes and state legislative sessions begin.

Pharmacy legislative rules fall 2024

An assessment of the latest rules impacting PBMs from state and federal legislation.

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