The New York State Department of Civil Service has picked a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. to administer pharmacy benefits for state employees and employees of other public agencies that participate in the state’s Empire Plan.
The plan covers about 1 million people, according to UnitedHealth, Minnetonka, Minn.
The 4-year contract will take effect Jan. 1, 2008.
In other benefits contract news, the retirement arm of Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has won a contract to provide defined contribution plan services for participants in the 401(k) plan sponsored by the Herb Chambers Cos., Somerville, Mass.