Amedisys pays $1.1 million for HSR compliance lapse amid pending UnitedHealth deal

Amedisys pays $1.1 million for HSR compliance lapse amid pending UnitedHealth deal 
Lexology - Triage Health Law Blog; by Squire Patton Boggs; 8/12/25 
Amedisys, a major provider of home health and hospice care, has agreed to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act during the antitrust review of its pending $3.3 billion acquisition by UnitedHealth’s Optum division. ... In December 2023, while responding to a DOJ “Second Request” for information, a mandatory step in large merger reviews, Amedisys filed a sworn certification that its production was “true, correct, and complete.” In reality, the company knew that its email archiving system had malfunctioned, causing the loss of a month’s worth of emails from May–June 2023, a critical period in the merger negotiations. ... The DOJ emphasized that this was not a “minor paperwork glitch” but a material omission in a sworn filing.