UnitedHealthcare and OptumRx will require all
new self-funded employer customers to incorporate this feature in their plan
designs
UnitedHealthcare and OptumRx are expanding their innovative
point-of-sale consumer prescription drug discount program. This
first-of-its-kind program will be extended to include all new
employer-sponsored plans, making medications more affordable, and improving
health outcomes.
UnitedHealthcare and OptumRx will require all new employer
clients quoted beginning January 1, 2020 to incorporate point-of-sale discounts
to consumers as part of their plan design. Commitments made to support existing
clients prior to this date will be grandfathered, including those currently in
the sales cycle for January 1, 2020 effective dates.
UnitedHealthcare announced a year ago that it would deliver
point-of-sale discounts to all of its fully insured plans effective January 1,
2019. In just two months, the program has already lowered prescription drugs
costs for consumers by an average of nearly $130 per eligible prescription.
The existing point-of-sale discount program already serves more
than nine million consumers. Expanding such plans to a broader base of clients
will help to ensure that patients fully benefit from available discounts on
eligible medications.
“Patients are seeing concrete benefits from UnitedHealthcare’s
groundbreaking point-of-sale discount program, which is just one element in our
aggressive drive to help deliver better health, lower costs and a better
experience,” said Daniel J. Schumacher, president and chief operating officer
of UnitedHealthcare. “Together with employer partners and OptumRx,
UnitedHealthcare has taken innovative action, bringing real value to consumers
while mitigating the impact of persistent drug price inflation brought on by
drug manufacturers affecting consumers’ ability to afford medications and
comply with their physician’s treatment plans.”
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