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Wisconsin couple sues Optum Rx and Walgreens for son’s asthma death
A Wisconsin couple has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota-based Optum Rx and Walgreens for their son’s asthma-related death ...
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Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, Optum Rx over son's death
A Wisconsin couple has filed a lawsuit against pharmacy benefit manager Optum Rx and Walgreens, alleging their son's death was linked to a sudden price increase in his asthma medication.
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Optum study: Accountable Medicare Advantage models reduce admissions, ER visits
Researchers led by a team at Optum examined claims data on nearly 5.3 million person-years from 2016-19 across 20 different measurements and found that patients in accountable care models were 9% ...
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Mother Says Her Son Died After UnitedHealth Jacked the Price of His Inhaler From $66 to $539
In their suit, Shanon and William Schmidtknect allege that Optum operates as part of a prescription drug "oligopoly" that controls nearly 80 percent of all prescriptions in the United States.
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Former Optum director joins Valley Health as data chief
Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health named Steve Motil as its new chief data and analytics officer. In this role, Mr. Motil will spearhead initiatives to make Valley Health more data-driven and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Dr. Phil, embedded with ICE, films raids in Chicago
The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump's deportation effort as the ...
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Anderson .Paak Brings Out Dr. Dre and Sheila E. for ‘Still D.R.E.’ and ‘California Love’ at FireAid Concert
and Dr. Dre to chip in on both his songs and a few of Dre’s. Billie Joe Armstrong was on hand to introduce .Paak, an Oxnard native, who kicked up the energy to full gear during his four-song set.
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Dr. Stone: Final Season Premiere Review
Dr. Stone is going to the moon! Eventually! After season 3 revealed post-apocalyptic science prodigy Senku Ishigami's ultimate goal of traveling to the lunar surface to reverse the process that ...