Massachusetts AG Clears UnitedHealth Deal for Atrius Doctors

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s plan to buy nonprofit Atrius Health, one of largest doctor groups in Massachusetts, has been approved by the state’s attorney general, Bloomberg reports.

As a condition of allowing Atrius to become a for-profit company, most of the $236 million UnitedHealth agreed to pay for Atrius’s assets would be placed in a charitable foundation when the deal closes, according to the attorney general’s office. Read more.

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