After several months without any official word, the federal government and several states have called off plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that allowed UnitedHealth Group to close its acquisition of Change Healthcare.
In a filing with the court, attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as well as Minnesota and New York agreed to voluntarily dismiss their challenge to the $13 billion deal, Fierce healthcare reports. UnitedHealth won a federal district court judge’s approval to close the deal in September, and the two companies formally combined the following month. Read more.
