by Jordana Choucair | Apr 22, 2022 | M&A
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey approved UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s plan to buy Atrius Health. The decision puts UnitedHealth’s bid to expand its Optum Health provider business by taking over one of the biggest independent physician groups in the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | M&A
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its first quarterly report of hospital and nursing home mergers and acquisitions from 2016 through 2022. According to the analysis of 347 hospital transactions, hospitals in urban areas and with lower profit...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | M&A
During a public listening session yesterday, health care workers and researchers stated that health care mergers and acquisitions have increased prices, stifled wages, and reduced care quality. A senior advisor for the Hospital Equity and Accountability Project noted...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 6, 2022 | M&A
UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s Optum business and health tech company Change Healthcare delayed their planned merger until the end of the year, ahead of an August trial to determine whether the deal can go forward. The companies said they would contest the...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 30, 2022 | M&A
UnitedHealth Group announced it plans to purchase in-home health care provider LHC Group for an estimated $5.4 billion. When the deal closes, UnitedHealth will fold LHC into its Optum subsidiary as part of its Optum Health arm, which is one of the country’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 25, 2022 | M&A
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit purchased Refresh Mental Health from private equity firm Kelso & Co. Refresh, founded in 2017, operates a network of more than 300 outpatient mental health, substance use disorder, and eating disorder centers spanning 37...
Recent Comments