Pharmacy benefits managers act as intermediaries between health insurance companies, prescription drug companies and pharmacies. Optum Rx services prescription claims for more than 66 million people ...

A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 jump in the cost of his asthma medication ...

Optum Rx services prescription claims for more than 66 million people across the United States, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the Walgreens pharmacy staffers failed to offer ...

On Jan. 5, 2024, Dr. Shulman and another Optum official informed Dr. Glasser-Caine that she was being terminated for violating the company's policies. She claims that after she was fired, Dr.

Schmidtknecht's interactions with the pharmacy, and indirectly with Optum Rx." The company claims that despite the lawsuit complaint's statement that Cole had been taking Advair Diskus regularly ...

This undated photo provided by Shanon Schmidtknecht shows Cole Schmidtknecht of Appleton, Wis., who died of an asthma attack on Jan. 21, 2024. (Shanon Schmidtknecht via AP) ...

Optum Rx previously provided a statement to ... our sympathies are with his family and loved ones. We have reviewed his claims history and can confirm that he did fill a generic Albuterol ...