HealthTrust Selects OptumRx as Exclusive Pharmacy Care Services Partner
07 Mai 2019 - 02:30PM
Business Wire
- Integrating OptumRx’s solutions and
HealthTrust’s total spend management products will help deliver a
more transparent and flexible pharmacy benefit and lower costs
- Custom programs and tools to improve
pharmacy experiences for consumers
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 OptumRxOptumRx 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 on Twitter.
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