Jun 19, 2019 · The Federal Trade Commission has imposed conditions on UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of DaVita Medical Group. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that the proposed $4.3 billion acquisition would harm competition in healthcare markets in …

Jun 19, 2019 · The proposed acquisition positions UnitedHealth Group to raise the costs of its MCPO services to rival Medicare Advantage insurers, or even withhold such services from these rivals, according to the complaint.

Sep 20, 2024 · Optum Rx supported UnitedHealthcare fully insured plans to eliminate out-of-pocket costs on several critical prescription drugs, including insulin. Many of our health plan partners have funded insulin at $35 or less for senior and commercial plans for years, which Optum Rx administers as their PBM.

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that UnitedHealth Group’s proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of DaVita Medical Group from DaVita, Inc. will likely harm competition in healthcare markets in Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada.

Jan 14, 2025 · FTC said the "Big 3 PBMs" — CVS’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s OptumRx — imposed markups of hundreds to thousands of percent on critical drugs, including those for...

Jan 14, 2025 · Units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. charged significantly more than the national average acquisition cost for dozens of specialty generic drugs, bringing in more than $7.3 billion in “excess” revenue over six years, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report on the drug middlemen.

Jan 16, 2025 · The FTC report found that from 2017 to 2022, three PBMs—UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's Express Scripts—marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or ...

Jan 14, 2025 · The FTC said UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's Express Scripts marked up prices by hundreds or thousands of percent.

Jun 13, 2024 · Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina S. Khan and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler urging the agencies to hold UnitedHealth Group (UHG) accountable for negligent cybersecurity practices, which caused substantial harm to ...

Dec 7, 2022 · The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a second request for information in June on the deal. In the filing, LHC Group said that both companies have certified "substantial compliance" with...