Key Benefits of Home Delivery
How It Works
Improved Medication Adherence
A new analysis across diabetes, hypertension and statin therapeutic classes shows
that members are more adherent to their medication therapy when filling their
prescriptions at home delivery vs. a retail pharmacy. 3
Diabetes
Home delivery has
6.6% more adherent
members.*
Hypertension
Home delivery has
4.1% more adherent
members. *
Statins
Home delivery has
5.8% more adherent
members. *
1. Internal OptumRx analysis of 2018 home delivery claims.
2. Based on 55M scripts shipped in 2018, internal HDP reporting.
3. OptumRx paid claims assessed from Jan.–Dec. 2018 for OptumRx Direct Commercial — Focused on diabetes hypertension, and
statin class utilizers with majority of fills at either home delivery or retail pharmacies. Note: Each percent difference is calculated as a
geometric difference and percent differences are not additive.
*As determined when comparing PBM members who will thier prescription using 90-day home delivery vs. PBM members who fill their
90-day prescriptions at retail.