On the heels of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has closed its acquisition of the home health and hospice provider Amedisys. Amedisys announced the news in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Thursday. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum, in June 2023 inked its agreement to acquire Amedisys in an all-cash transaction of $101 per share, or about $3.3 billion. Amedisys on Thursday also stopped trading on the Nasdaq. The merger likely makes UnitedHealth Group the largest hospice provider in the United States. The company in 2023 also acquired the large home health and hospice provider LHC Group for $5.4 billion.
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