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Optum Specialty Medication Management

We take an integrated approach to controlling specialty costs by managing across both benefits and creating a seamless patient experience.

Integrated solutions for better outcomes

We take a proactive approach to managing your specialty spend. Our goal is to help you achieve better outcomes. It starts with:

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Foundation of excellence

We improve performance with advanced analytics, clinical expertise and technology.

Pharmacy benefit

We apply pharmacy levers to address specialty utilization and cost.

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Medical benefit

We lower medical spend by applying a pharmacy management approach.

Connected providers

We link pharmacists and care teams to enhance patient and provider value.

Latest thinking

Featured insights

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Webinar

Specialty and Weight Loss

Hear how weight loss drugs are shaping traditional and specialty spend with Optum Rx chief pharmacy officer, Mike Einodshofer. Learn about trends and outlook.

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Article

Biosimilars to save billions in this decade

Prices for popular brand-name biologics drop up to 60% with generic-equivalent biosimilars.

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Drug pipeline report

3 new first-in-class therapies coming

See how innovation is driving the latest product development.

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Solutions

Unlocking the future of specialty innovation

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Optum Specialty Compass

See how our personalized specialty expertise and custom analytics platform helps clients find the right solutions to reduce specialty trend.

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White paper

Carving out specialty pharmacy

By integrating specialty management, clients can lower their spend by up to $16 PMPM.

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