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Integrating OptumRx’s solutions and HealthTrust’s total spend
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Custom programs and tools to improve pharmacy experiences for
consumers
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HealthTrust, a leading group purchasing organization and health care
performance improvement company, has selected OptumRx as its exclusive
pharmacy care services partner for its member organizations. OptumRx and
HealthTrust, and its CoreTrust division, will partner to deliver
transparent pharmacy benefit solutions intended to support better health
outcomes, improved consumer experiences and lower costs.
OptumRx will provide custom programs, tools and mobile technology that
will improve how consumers engage in their pharmacy benefit and overall
health care. OptumRx will offer an integrated and flexible program
backed by a fully dedicated support team focused on delivering
exceptional pharmacy experiences and will collaborate with HealthTrust
to meet the unique needs of member organizations through performance
analytics and total cost management.
“After a rigorous process, we are excited to select OptumRx and deploy
new and innovative offerings to the marketplace,” said Joseph
Dizenhouse, senior vice president and head of HealthTrust’s Pharmacy
Services Group. “HealthTrust’s portfolio and pharmacy capabilities,
coupled with OptumRx’s assets and expertise, will allow us to deliver
pharmacy programs that incorporate transparency, flexibility and
alignment of incentives between the PBM, employer and patient, driving
meaningful value and outcomes for all.”
Through the delivery of total spend management solutions, HealthTrust
serves approximately 1,500 acute care hospitals and health systems, and
more than 35,000 non-acute locations, including ambulatory surgery
centers, physician practices and alternate care sites. CoreTrust, a
division of HealthTrust, serves a membership of Fortune 2000 companies
across multiple industries and leverages its combined purchasing volume
with HealthTrust members to achieve market-leading pricing across a
portfolio of indirect spend contracts.
“OptumRx is honored to have been chosen by HealthTrust to provide
pharmacy care services to its member organizations and help expand the
value that HealthTrust and CoreTrust deliver to the market,” said John
Prince, chief executive officer of OptumRx. “HealthTrust is an important
partner to OptumRx and together we aim to transform pharmacy benefits by
better connecting and integrating pharmacy support and clinical programs
to deliver better outcomes, improved consumer experiences and help lower
total health care costs.”
Along with providing core pharmacy capabilities, OptumRx will work with
HealthTrust to collaborate on total health solutions that address the
greatest challenges in health care and bring increased value to those we
collectively serve.
About OptumRx
OptumRx is a pharmacy care services company
helping clients and more than 65 million members achieve better health
outcomes and lower overall costs through innovative prescription drug
benefit services, including network claims processing, clinical
programs, formulary management, specialty pharmacy care and infusion
services. Through expertise, flexible technology and a network of over
67,000 community pharmacies and state-of-the-art home delivery
pharmacies, OptumRx is putting patients at the center of the pharmacy
experience and making health care more connected and less fragmented —
ensuring patients get the right medication at the right time at the best
cost. OptumRx is part of Optum®, a leading information and
technology-enabled health services business dedicated to making the
health system work better for everyone. For more information, visit optum.com/optumrx
or follow @OptumRx
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Contacts
Drew Krejci
Optum
Tel: (952) 205-6652
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