Radar on Drug Benefits

UnitedHealth, Cigna, CVS Tout Strong Selling Seasons for PBM Segments

  • Feb 23

    Feb 23, 2023

    During their recent fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 earnings calls, the companies that own the country’s largest PBMs all said they expect that part of their business to gain momentum this year thanks to successful selling seasons in which their increasingly diversified offerings resonated with clients.   

    In 2022, “Optum Rx revenues grew 9%, approaching $100 billion for the year, driven by continued strong sales and the expansion of our pharmacy services businesses,” UnitedHealth Group Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Rex said during the company’s Jan. 13 conference call to discuss financial results. “Both customer retention and new customer wins were among the highest Optum Rx has ever delivered, laying a strong foundation for continued market-leading growth,” he added. 

    Read more
      • Radar on Drug Benefits
    © 2024 MMIT

    • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

    Back to Radar on Drug Benefits

Related Posts

The Latest
Premium Categories
Meet Our Reporters

Lauren Flynn Kelly

Executive Editor, AIS Health, and Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

View Lauren Flynn Kelly's Profile

Angela Maas

Managing Editor, Radar on Specialty Pharmacy and Spotlight on Market Access

View Angela Maas's Profile

Leslie Small

Managing Editor, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Leslie Small's Profile

Carina Belles

Reporter, Radar on Medicare Advantage and Spotlight on Market Access

View Carina Belles's Profile

Jinghong Chen

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jinghong Chen's Profile

Jill Drachenberg

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jill Drachenberg's Profile

Meet Our Reporters

Lauren Flynn Kelly

Executive Editor, AIS Health, and Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

View Lauren Flynn Kelly's Profile

Angela Maas

Managing Editor, Radar on Specialty Pharmacy and Spotlight on Market Access

View Angela Maas's Profile

Leslie Small

Managing Editor, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Leslie Small's Profile

Carina Belles

Reporter, Radar on Medicare Advantage and Spotlight on Market Access

View Carina Belles's Profile

Jinghong Chen

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jinghong Chen's Profile

Jill Drachenberg

Reporter, Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits

View Jill Drachenberg's Profile

Tags
PBMs/Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Financial Results
Specialty Pharmacy
Specialty Drugs
×
×

PREMIUM CONTENT AND PREMIUM INSIGHTS

To gain access to this article you need to have a Premium Subscription.
Click the link below to access today!