UnitedHealth, Amedisys plan divesture of up to 128 locations

UnitedHealth, Amedisys plan divesture of up to 128 locations 
Modern Healthcare; by Diane Eastabrook; 2/11/25 
UnitedHealth Group said in a court filing Friday [2/7/25] its plans to sell at least 128 home health and hospice locations to ease the Justice Department's antitrust concerns around its acquisition of Amedisys. The divestiture plans were part of a filing in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in a response to the Justice Department’s lawsuit to block the proposed acquisition. ... The company didn’t identify which locations would be sold, but said they would be in areas where UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys’ combined market share would exceed the thresholds federal regulators allege could harm competition. UnitedHealth Group said in the court filing it was in the process of identifying qualified buyers who would be able to operate and grow the divested locations.