Why choose Optum Rx pharmacy benefits?
We go beyond what a traditional pharmacy benefit manager offers. Connected with the power of Optum, we are uniquely positioned with differentiated capabilities to address your biggest challenges. There are more than 200,000 people focused on fundamentally transforming how healthcare is accessed, delivered and paid for.
Our role at Optum Rx® is to help you provide the best and most affordable pharmacy benefit plan — that’s Pharmacy Care. Optum-ized.
What we deliver
We drive value for both you and your members by focusing on three areas.
Transparency
Delivering end-to-end transparent and verifiable information, including provider enablement and consumer protections.
Expertise
Guiding you with clinical expertise and transparent data – backed by the breadth of Optum.
Better Value
Maximizing affordability and access by leveraging our experience, size and scale to solve your challenges.
They live up to the commitments they make and genuinely have the best interest of the plan and members at heart.
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What you can expect from your PBM
You shouldn’t have to choose between what’s best for your employees and your bottom line. We partner with you using data and intelligent technology, clinical expertise and deep industry experience to help guide and design your pharmacy benefits to meet your needs.
Lowering pharmacy benefit costs
Driving pharmacy innovations
Making pharmacy benefits clear
Controlling specialty drug costs
Caring for pharmacy members
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