UnitedHealth Eases Prescription Drug Renewal Rules

UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH.N) pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, said on Wednesday it would ease requirements to get insurance authorization when renewing prescriptions on about 80 drugs, aiming to reduce paperwork for patients and doctors.

The list, which could be expanded over time, will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorization requirements and accounts for more than 10% of all such pharmacy authorizations, it said.

Read more at Reuters.