UnitedHealth Group’s path to acquire Change Healthcare was cleared Monday as a federal judge denied the U.S. Department of Justice from blocking the pending transaction.
That is not only a massive win for UnitedHealth Group on that front, but also on its pending acquisition of the home health provider LHC Group, which has also garnered attention from the Federal Trade Commission, Home health Care News reports.
The UnitedHealth Group-Change Healthcare deal is the larger of the two, as the former intends to purchase the latter for $13 billion. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum intends to embed LHC Group into its network after that $5.4 billion deal. Read more.
