Amedisys agrees to multibillion-dollar merger with UnitedHealth Local home health company to pay $106M to abandon prior deal with Option Care Health Hannah Herner Hannah Herner Author twitter Author email Jun 26, 2023 Jun 26, 2023 Updated Jul 7, 2023 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link After some back and forth, local home health company Amedisys announced Monday that it will merge with UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, Optum. Amedisys in May said that it had agreed to be acquired by at-home infusion giant Option Care Health for a $3.6 billion all-stock deal. The deal was all but finalized when earlier this month Amedisys announced it had received a competing, unsolicited $3.26 billion all-cash offer from UnitedHealth Group.Â × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmp>65:DJD H:== A2J 2 S`_e >:==:@? E6C>:?2E:@? 766 E@ q2??@4<3FC?[ x==]\32D65 ~AE:@? r2C6 w62=E9[ 244@C5:?8 E@ &]$] $64FC:E:6D 2?5 tI492?86 r@>>:DD:@? 7:=:?8D] p>65:DJD 92D 2 4@CA@C2E6 AC6D6?46 :? 3@E9 }2D9G:==6 2?5 {@F:D:2?2]   k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmt2C=:6C E9:D >@?E9 ~AEF> >256 2? @776C @7 S`__ A6C D92C6[ 244@C5:?8 E@ p>65:DJD — >@C6 E92? ~AE:@? r2C6 w62=E9’D 28C66>6?E E@ 3FJ E96 4@>A2?J 7@C C@F89=J Shf]bg A6C D92C6] pE E96 E:>6[ ~AE:@? r2C6 w62=E9 C6=62D65 2 DE2E6>6?E C6:E6C2E:?8 :ED 4@>>:E>6?E E@ E96 562=] k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmp>65:DJD 28C665 E@ 2? 2==\42D9 @776C @7 S`_` A6C D92C6 7C@> ~AEF>[ E96 4@>A2?J 2??@F?465 E@52J] k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmxE’D 366? 2? 6G6?E7F= 7:CDE 92=7 @7 E96 J62C 7@C p>65:DJD] x? u63CF2CJ[ E96 9@>6 962=E9 4@>A2?J kDEC@?8mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?2D9G:==6A@DE]4@>^3FD:?6DD^962=E9042C6^962=E9\42C6\4@>A2?J\D6==D\5:G:D:@?\7@C\d_>^2CE:4=60ae5_d___\26_a\``65\33da\_75df5hhh_54]9E>=QmDAF? @77 :ED A6CD@?2= 42C6 =:?6k^2mk^DEC@?8m @7 3FD:?6DD W6I4=F5:?8 u=@C:52 @A6C2E:@?DX :? 2 Sd_ >:==:@? D2=6] u@C>6C %:G:EJ rt~ #:492C5 pD9H@CE9 kDEC@?8mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?2D9G:==6A@DE]4@>^3FD:?6DD^962=E9042C6^E:G:EJ\46@\>@G6D\E@\2>65:DJD\E@A\DA@E^2CE:4=60fh7hdc`_\4`67\``65\3734\6343gag472ad]9E>=Qm3642>6 rt~ @7 p>65:DJDk^2mk^DEC@?8m :? |2C49] p>65:DJD H2D 2=D@ ?2>65 2D 2 A@E6?E:2= 3FJ6C @7 =@42= ?@?AC@7:E p=:G6 w@DA:46[ 3FE E96 562= H2D kDEC@?8mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?2D9G:==6A@DE]4@>^3FD:?6DD^962=E9042C6^2=:G6\9@DA:46\D2=6\42==65\@77^2CE:4=60c2`_bc4_\fcae\dc6b\ggha\a6`ce635h2ff]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmF=E:>2E6=J 42==65 @77k^2mk^DEC@?8m]  k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQm~AEF> H2D :? E96 ?6HD :? a_aa 2D &?:E65w62=E9 =@@<65 E@ 24BF:C6 =@42==J 32D65 :?DFC2?46 4=2:>D 4@>A2?J r92?86 w62=E942C6 2?5 7@=5 :E :?E@ ~AEF>] &?:E65w62=E9 2?5 r92?86 72465 2? 2?E:ECFDE =2HDF:E 3C@F89E 3J E96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 yFDE:46[ E9@F89 E96 >6C86C H2D kDEC@?8mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?2D9G:==6A@DE]4@>^3FD:?6DD^962=E9042C6^;F586\2==@HD\F?:E65962=E9\492?86\>6C86C\E@\AC@4665^2CE:4=60a`2bd77g\bh_3\``65\3fgb\23h2afgge2ca]9E>=QmF=E:>2E6=J A6C>:EE65k^2mk^DEC@?8m] k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQm~AEF> 24BF:C:?8 p>65:DJD 4@F=5 C2:D6 2? 2?E:ECFDE 4@?46C? 2D ~AEF> C646?E=J 3@F89E {wr vC@FA[ 2?@E96C 9@>6 962=E9 2?5 9@DA:46 7:C>[ kDEC@?8mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]>@56C?962=E942C6]4@>^AC@G:56CD^2>65:DJD\3:5\F?:E65962=E9\8C@FA\@AEF>\42C6\D@=FE:@?DQm|@56C? w62=E942C6 C6A@CEDk^2mk^DEC@?8m]k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmpE AC6DD E:>6[ p>65:DJD WE:4<6Ci p|tsX D92C6D H6C6 EC25:?8 5@H? D=:89E=J 2E Sh_]hh] k^Am Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Amedisys Option Care Health Optum Unitedhealth Group Hannah Herner Author twitter Author email Follow Hannah Herner Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Recommended for you Sponsored by
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