Cigna's Evernorth Health Services said on Wednesday its actions will enhance transparency about the company's negotiations.
It’s the latest step from pharmacy benefit managers to respond to relentless criticism from politicians and regulators over prescription drug costs.
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7.3 billion in revenue above cost.
But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it had made less than analysts expected.
The UnitedHealth Group is overcharging patients for necessary life-saving drugs as a result of price gouging that increases the cost of such medication exponentially.
UnitedHealth Group posted mixed Q4 results, with EPS beating estimates and revenue falling short. The company reaffirmed its 2025 guidance.
Discover how the three largest pharmacy benefit managers are rejecting biosimilars from their formularies, except for their own private-label drugs.
UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, but a nagging rise in medical costs and care utilization surprised Wall Street. Shares of the health care giant slid early Thursday af
FTC stated that the 'Big 3' PBM organisations collectively generated over £5.94 billion ($7.3 billion) in revenue from 2017 to 2022.
After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in December, law enforcement records show a burst of police activity at the homes of health executives.
Healthcare stocks have been under the weather for the past few years, underperforming the broader market’s rally despite surges for obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. But the sector is off to a healthy start in 2025.
After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in December, law enforcement records show a burst of police activity at the homes of health executives.