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Pharmacy benefit management (PBM)

Our goal is to help plan sponsors and employees achieve better health outcomes and lower overall costs through Optum Rx pharmacy benefits.

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.

Affordability

Access to affordable medications is something everyone deserves. You deserve solutions that make it easy to lower drug spend. We can help you do both.

Innovation

You need simple, intelligent, and adaptive solutions. We use the right combination of data and clinical expertise to redefine what health care can be.

Transparency

We are leading the industry by delivering clear choices, transparent pricing and simplified pharmacy benefit for everyone we serve.

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. 

Improving medication affordability

Providing you with solutions that make it easier to lower drug spend.

Driving pharmacy innovations

You need simple, intelligent and adaptive solutions for your pharmacy benefit plan – fueled by the power of Optum.

Leading the industry in transparency

We deliver accessible and clear pharmacy benefit information, transparent drug pricing, and a simplified experience for everyone we serve.

Controlling specialty drug costs

The cost and complexity of specialty drugs requires a solution that provides care without compromise. The outcome is a better experience and lower costs.

Caring for pharmacy members

We promise to deliver simple ways for your employees to get the medication they depend on – while advancing health equity for everyone.

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