UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys Close $3.3B Merger

UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have officially closed their $3.3 billion merger deal just one week after securing a key settlement agreement with the feds that allowed proceedings to advance.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Amedisys said that the deal had officially closed Thursday, just over two years from when it was announced in late June 2023.

That makes the home health company now a wholly-owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth, where it will join the company’s Optum unit. Amedisys was originally set to be acquired by Option Care Heath, but the organization was outbid by UnitedHealth.

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