Tag Archives: UnitedHealth

BCBS Michigan Switches PBM From Express Scripts to OptumRx

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is largest health insurer in Michigan, serving 4.5 million people here and 1.6 million more in other states

OptumRx is Aggressively Growing its Business Through Acquisitions

OptumRx has been aggressively growing its portfolio of pharmacy care services businesses

Will Diplomat Pharmacy Survive?

Diplomat found that competing successfully with large specialty pharmacies owned by Cigna/ESI, CVS Health/Caremark and UnitedHealth/OptumRx has been more difficult than projected

Walgreens Developing Initiatives to Succeed in the Consumer Health Market

Walgreens and primary care provider VillageMD are working together in a new partnership aimed at improving access to primary care in Houston. This is the latest initiative by Walgreens, as it struggles to develop a strategy that will help it succeed in the consumer health market. As part of its strategy, Walgreens is opening urgent […]

Genoa Healthcare, an OptumRx subsidiary, Continues its Growth Strategy

Genoa Healthcare is the largest provider of pharmacy, outpatient telepsychiatry and medication management services

UnitedHealth Group Building Pharmacy Business Through OptumRx

OptumRx acquired two pharmaceutical companies in the third quarter of 2018: Genoa Healthcare and Avella Specialty Pharmacy. Listen closely and you can hear Amazon’s footprints as the reason for these acquisitions. Amazon’s recent acquisition of PillPack has accelerated merger and consolidation activities among insurers and pharmacies. UnitedHealth Group is following the strategy seen earlier this year […]