Oregon’s health authority has initiated a scrutiny of UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion purchase of a home health and hospice caregiver, as revealed by Amedisys on Tuesday.
UnitedHealth’s acquisition plan was announced back in June, following a competitive bid against Option Care Health.
This move aimed to expand UnitedHealth’s foothold in the home healthcare sector a strategy that had been reinforced by its $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC Group, a competitor of Amedisys, the previous year.
According to Amedisys, the notice from Oregon’s health authority indicates anticipation of concluding the review process within 180 days upon receipt of the transaction from a milestone that had been confirmed by the agency in December,
