Overview
Jay Warmuth partners with clients on complex legal, transactional and regulatory matters in the managed care and health insurance industry to achieve practical, business-oriented results. He has extensive experience with federal and state health insurance regulation and insurance industry mergers and acquisitions and also assists clients with transactional and regulatory matters in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and pharmacy space. Jay leads the firm’s managed care and health insurance team and is a co-leader on the pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers team.
In-House Counsel Experience
Before joining the firm, Jay was an executive at UnitedHealth Group, holding a variety of positions over his 13-year tenure, including:
- General Counsel of OptumRx, providing pharmacy benefits management and pharmacy care services
- General Counsel of UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, the company’s commercial health insurance business
- Deputy General Counsel, UnitedHealthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, overseeing legal support for UnitedHealthcare’s M&A activity and other strategic transactions (joint ventures, affiliation agreements, etc.)
As outside counsel, Jay has become a trusted advisor to in-house legal, compliance and regulatory leaders and other senior business executives through his skill at identifying and implementing practical legal and business concepts — and his success as a collaborator focused on building and maintaining relationships.
Personal Interests
When not working or simply spending time with his wife and twin boys, Jay enjoys golfing, the outdoors, traveling and reading (usually science fiction or fantasy). One of Jay's favorite places to be is Scooty Lake in Northern Minnesota, where he celebrates the Fourth of July each year with 100 of his closest family members ... and no cell service.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
J.D. cum laude (2000)
Carleton College
B.A. in International Relations, cum laude (1997)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- PBMs, Pharmacies and Politics: Drug Price and Benefit Policy Changes Impacting Your Business
Co-Presenter, American Society for Pharmacy Law, Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar, San Diego, California, November 2019
- Drug Price Policy and Other Key Developments Affecting Drug Costs
Co-Presenter, Health Law Institute, June 2019 - Pharmacy Issues on PBMs Radar: What Pharmacies can Do About PBM Contract Terminations
Co-Presenter, American Society for Pharmacy Law, Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, November 2018 - Pharmacy Benefit Managers: What Is a PBM and What Do They Do?
Co-Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association, October 2018 - Drug Distribution and PBM Industry Transformation: What’s on the Horizon?
Panelist, Health Law Institute, June, 2018 - Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Benefit Management
Blue Plan General Counsel Roundtable, Washington D.C. September 2017 - High Cost Conundrum: Recent Issues and Developments in Prescription Drug Pricing and Rebates
Co-presenter, Minnesota CLE 2017 Health Law Institute, June 2017 - The Road to Replacing Obamacare
Co-presenter, Practising Law Institute Briefing, May 2017
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Minnesota Department of Commerce — Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Licensure and Regulation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, Member
- Lotus Lake Conservation Alliance — Board Member
Honors
- Best Lawyers® — Insurance Law, 2025