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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]
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.
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 $474.3 billion as of July 15, 2024.
As of 2023, PBMs managed pharmacy benefits for 275 million Americans. As of 2023, 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 and cover approximately 270 million people. [4] [5]
Luigi Mangione is charged in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson .
Centene was founded by Elizabeth Brinn as the Managed Health Services in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1984. [3] After the death of Brinn, the non-profit organization was sold to investors, with the proceeds going to the Betty Brinn Foundation, which subsequently became a major shareholder in Centene.
Luigi Mangione, accused in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will plead not guilty, according to his lawyer, Thomas Dickey.
He did his best to be athletic," said R.J. Martin, a former friend and roommate from Surfbreak. "Unfathomable knowing the kind of person that I saw and knew. Personally, I can make zero sense of it.