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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]
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]
UnitedHealthcare Corporation was founded in 1977 to purchase Charter Med and create a network-based health plan for seniors. [6] It became a publicly traded company in 1984 and changed its name to UnitedHealth Group in 1998. [7]
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The primary role of pharmacies in the US is to safely and accurately fill prescriptions ordered by healthcare providers for patients. The pharmacy may receive a prescription in many ways, including a hardcopy, verbally over the phone, or electronically from the provider's electronic medical record system (EMR) is linked to the pharmacy. [5]
Optum Rx alone delivers many tens of billions of dollars in savings annually versus the pricing set by the manufacturers, including on the GLP-1s. That sharply reduces the gap versus other countries.
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]