Optum incident

Resolved Incident: Pharmacy Claims Processor OptumRx Intermittent Claims Processing Issues

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Optum experienced a minor incident on August 6, 2026 affecting Pharmacy Network Solutions, lasting 1h 17m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 06, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 06, 2026, 05:22 PM UTC
Duration
1h 17m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 06, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC

Affected components

Pharmacy Network Solutions

Update timeline

  1. identified Aug 06, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC

    The pharmacy claims processor OptumRx is experiencing intermittent claim processing. OptumRx has identified the issue and is working towards resolution. Pharmacies may receive "ERX06 (Processor Timed out)" error responses when sending claims to this processor, please submit the claim again. Optum Insight switch is monitoring and will update this page when the issue is known to be resolved.

  2. resolved Aug 06, 2026, 05:22 PM UTC

    The pharmacy claims processor OptumRx's issues were resolved Aug. 6, 2026, 11:30 a.m. ET. Pharmacies that received error responses when sending to OptumRx through the Optum Insight Switch should resubmit to the processor.