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18 Sep 2017, 7:05 am
Fierce Pharma reports that Novo Nordisk and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx are facing a class action lawsuit over an alleged “conspiracy to raise the price of diabetes medicines so that the drugmaker could pay rebates to the PBM. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 6:43 am
” “‘Motley Rice wielded government power when it investigated OptumRx. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 7:03 am
In addition, he sent letters to CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, asking them to provide information on their tactics. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 4:12 am
Combined, OptumRx and Catamaran process about 1 billion.CompPharma President and prolific blogger on all things managed care, Joe Paduda, told WorkCompCentral reporter Joey Berlin that the industry has seen considerable consolidation during the past several years, which should help drive down the prices for medications.The pace of consolidations in the PBM industry is blazingly fast too - Catamaran itself just picked up a smaller PBM, HealthCare Solutions, announcing that it had closed a… [read post]
14 Nov 2023, 9:10 am
Seeger Weiss attorneys Chris Seeger, David Buchanan and Steven Daroci filed a lawsuit on behalf of Arlington County, Virginia against insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, for their alleged role in a scheme to aggressively inflate the price of insulin and other diabetes medications. [read post]
26 Mar 2024, 6:51 am
” “‘If OptumRx always intended to move to disqualify Motley Rice as MDL co-lead counsel, then the court finds the timing of OptumRx’s motion somewhat troubling,’ he held. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 5:00 pm
(CIGNA).CIGNA hired OptumRx Inc. as its pharmacy benefit manager to negotiate drug prices on behalf of CIGNA and the CIGNA network. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 6:51 am
” “Brian Boone, of Alston & Bird in Charlotte, North Carolina, has alleged in a disqualification motion that Motley Rice, in the government cases, used its subpoena powers to obtain confidential documents from his client, OptumRx, and some of them pertain to opioids. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 8:26 am
However, it follows a similar action filed in May by Lake County, Illinois in which the County accuses Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Express Scripts, and OptumRx are accused of violating the state's Consumer Fraud Act and the RICO Act. [read post]
26 Oct 2022, 5:45 pm
On May 26, 2022, following reports that patients were facing barriers to accessing birth control without cost-sharing, Chairwoman Maloney sent letters to health insurers UnitedHealth, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, and Humana and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, OptumRx, and Prime Therapeutics, requesting information regarding zero-cost coverage of contraceptives and related services for individuals enrolled in private health plans, as required by the ACA. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 6:22 am
‘OptumRx does not challenge the government’s authority to investigate, but it is unethical for Motley Rice to extract confidential information from OptumRx by wielding government power and then, after obtaining the information, to represent other clients in private litigation.'” “Optum cited Ohio Rule of Professional Conduct 1.11(c), which prohibits lawyers with ‘confidential government information’ from representing private clients suing… [read post]
7 Dec 2023, 11:17 am
This appointment positions Buchanan at the forefront of a critical legal battle against insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi – who control nearly the entire U.S. insulin market – as well as the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx, over allegations these companies used unlawful, unfair, and deceptive practices to aggressively hike the cost of insulin and other diabetes medications. [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 6:55 am
” “This led OptumRx, one of the defendants in the high-profile Ohio opioid matter, to file a motion formally seeking to disqualify lawyers from Motley Rice from the case. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 10:31 am
The PBMs include CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 10:26 am
” The New York Times has reported that, subsequently, the nation’s three largest drug benefits managers — Express Scripts, CVS Health and OptumRx — said they would stop paying for drugs dispensed by Philidor. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 12:27 pm
The problem arises from the routine use by employee health-insurance plans of pharmacy benefit managers, or “PBMs,” to administer the prescription drug benefits that the plans provide (OptumRX, for example, is one major PBM). [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 7:24 am
The great majority of those health plans do not contract directly with pharmacies; instead they contract with a pharmacy benefit manager, or “PBM,” such as OptumRx or Express Scripts. [read post]
26 Sep 2023, 6:39 am
.'” “‘Special Master Cohen’s email shows that he has prejudged merits issues before any evidence has come in and before OptumRx or Express Scripts have had any opportunity to brief and be heard on the question of their purported knowledge,’ the motion says. [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 3:58 am
Express Scripts is replacing OptumRx. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 9:32 pm
United, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, is an integrated health care enterprise that includes, among other subsidiaries, UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in the United States; Optum Health, a large network of health care providers located throughout the country; OptumRx, a large pharmacy benefit manager; and OptumInsight, a health care technology business. [read post]
