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Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging UnitedHealth Group’s existing pharmacy and care delivery services into the single Optum brand, comprising three main businesses: OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. [2] In 2017, Optum accounted for 44 percent of UnitedHealth Group's profits. [3]
Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services under the Optum brand, it is the world's ninth-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue. The company is ranked 8th on the 2024 Fortune Global 500. [4] UnitedHealth Group had a market capitalization of $460.3 billion as of December 20, 2024.
As of 2023, PBMs managed pharmacy benefits for 275 million Americans and the three largest PBMs in the US, CVS Caremark, Cigna Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx, make up about 80% of the market share covering about 270 million people [4] [5] with a market of almost $600 billion in 2024. [6]
CVS Health's Caremark, Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group's Optum control the majority of the U.S. pharmacy benefit market, with their parent companies also operating health insurance ...
On March 7, 2018, it was announced that Cigna would buy Express Scripts in a $67 billion deal. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The deal closed on December 20, 2018 at $54 billion, allowing Cigna to start offering new Express Scripts products to its corporate health insurance customers in 2019.
Catamaran Corporation (formerly SXC Health Solutions) is the former name of a company that now operates within UnitedHealth Group's OptumRX division (since July 2015). It sells pharmacy benefit management and medical record keeping services to businesses in the United States [3] and to a broad client portfolio, including health plans and employers. [4]
According to Sealed Air company legend, it was not until IBM launched the 1401 computer in 1959 that bubble wrap was first used for the purpose of keeping products safe in transit.
Change Healthcare Inc. (known as Emdeon before rebranding in 2015, which followed its acquisition of Change Healthcare) is a provider of revenue and payment cycle management that connects payers, providers, and patients within the U.S. healthcare system. [2]