Optum Rx Remodels Payment Model To Favor Generics – A Peace Offering For FTC?

Previous FTC Reports Investigated ‘Troubling’ Practices By PBMs, Including Optum Rx

Optum Rx, one of the largest PBMs in the US, declared itself as the “first comprehensive, transparent pharmacy services company” after announcing several consumer-friendly changes.

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One of the big three pharmacy benefit managers in the US, Optum Rx, has “modernized” pharmacy payment models to combat “rising prices set by pharmaceutical companies.”

The PBM said it will “align payment models more closely to the costs pharmacies may face due to manufacturer pricing actions.” This will impact non-affiliated network pharmacies, including 24,000 independent...

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