Optum Rx recently opened a state-of-the-art home delivery pharmacy at 1830 S. Horne in west Mesa.

The facility expands the company’s integrated pharmacy care services capabilities, improving access to needed medications, according to a release.

For people taking multiple prescriptions, the new facility prepares and packages medications into daily, timed packages designed to improve medication adherence. More than 70% of adults report taking at least one prescription medication per day, underscoring the importance of providing consumers with reliable, safe and accessible pharmacy care, it states.

“We are excited to open this new advanced fulfillment pharmacy in Arizona that will enable us to better serve more communities and ensure more equitable access to health care,” Dr. Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum Rx, said in the release.

The Optum Home Delivery Pharmacy works with all major shipping carriers to ensure patients get medications where and when they need them, including rural and other hard-to-reach communities. This investment represents a long-term commitment by Optum to the state, where it will add 300 jobs to its 5,500-person workforce in Arizona.

“Companies like Optum are tapping into our state’s top-tier workforce and healthy business environment,” Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said in the release. “This new fulfillment pharmacy creates hundreds of new jobs and represents a long-term economic investment in health care, technology and people right here in Arizona.”

Optum Rx invests in training programs and resources for those with no pharmacy experience or those transitioning into the industry. It also partners with nonprofit organizations such as Ability360, which advocates for employment services for individuals with disabilities, and 50Strong, which assists military members transitioning from service to the workforce, to inform the programs. Optum Rx held a job fair in May and has worked with the city of Mesa to recruit area residents to fill jobs for the new facility.

Go to optum.com/optumrx.