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JUNE 12, 2023

Option Care is currently under an agreement to buy Amedisys, but Optum recently made a competing bid for the home care company. Walgreens said it will use the proceeds to pay down debt and support strategic priorities.

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APRIL 25, 2024

What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group , the parent company of the Optum health services division, announced the closure of its Optum Virtual Care business , Endpoints News first reports.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s been a monumental year for the home health giant LHC Group, which was officially acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum in February. In his position, Myers — now CEO Emeritus of LHC Group and a special advisor to Optum — has seen the evolution of a company and an industry.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Previously, in August of 2023 , the DOJ made an inquiry for additional information regarding the Optum-Amedisys deal. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Amedisys is one of the largest home health and hospice companies in the country. With LHC Group and Amedisys under the same roof, Optum would own about 10% of the home health market.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Company leaders spent the day tying home-based care to all sorts of initiatives: to behavioral health care delivery, to value-based care strategy; and to medication adherence success, for example. It, of course, was acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum in February. Now that we’re part of Optum, we can. Nasdaq: AMED).

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

406 from Optum Behavioral Health Solutions, where he served as CEO, leading the organization to become the largest provider of mental health services in the United States. Prior to Optum, Hofer played a pivotal role in the growth and successful sale of AbleTo, a mental health pioneer and.406 406 portfolio company.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum agreed to acquire Amedisys in late June for $3.3 Optum also completed its $5.4 If the Amedisys deal goes through, it’s expected that Optum would own about 10% of the U.S. You’ve got a handful of public companies. Bloomberg first reported the news. billion in an all-cash deal. home health market.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 24, 2024

The company reported its first-quarter earnings late Wednesday, which showed a 10% increase in total same store admissions in home health care and a 23% year-over-year jump in higher-acuity care admissions. Overall, the company brought in $571.4 UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is still expected to close on its $3.3

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

With this in mind, the company has made major investments to build out its home-based care capabilities. “We’re In 2021, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum purchased Landmark, and in 2023, it acquired Prospero Health. In 2021, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum purchased Landmark, and in 2023, it acquired Prospero Health.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Nasdaq: AMED) announced combination plans last June, under which home health giant Amedisys would become part of Optum. Also in March, Warren released a statement slamming Steward Health Care’s plan to sell its physician group to Optum. This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Amedisys Inc.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Optum-Amedisys Inc. Optum — UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) health care services arm — originally announced that it had agreed to purchase Amedisys in a $3.3 Amedisys is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based home-based care company that operates in 37 states and the District of Columbia. billion deal in June.

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MAY 8, 2024

UnitedHealth Group and its Optum arm announced a $3.3 billion deal to acquire Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys last year, luring the in-home care company away from previous suitor Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH). according to a company investor presentation. It had 165 hospice centers in 31 states at Q1’s end.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

The company posted its third-quarter earnings late Tuesday , which highlighted 35% year-over-year growth in the high-acuity care segment. Amedisys released its earnings without an accompanying earnings call due to UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) pending acquisition of the company. Amedisys Inc.

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JUNE 5, 2023

UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum has made an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Amedisys’ common stock in an all-cash transaction for $100 per share, the latter announced Monday morning. If Optum’s proposal turns out to be more valuable for Amedisys shareholders, Option Care Health may end up losing out.

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APRIL 19, 2023

UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum officially acquired the company on Feb. Our recent combination with LHC Group expands in-home capabilities,” Dirk McMahon, president and COO of UnitedHealth Group, said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call Friday. That could be a way to artificially extend its footprint.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 12, 2024

That’s one takeaway from the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Friday. Heather Cianfrocco, president of UnitedHealth Group’s health care services arm Optum, pointed out home- and community-based services as an area that UnitedHealth Group heavily invested in 2023. Optum acquired the home health giant LHC Group in a $5.4

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JUNE 9, 2023

Nasdaq: AMED) disclosed Monday that UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum submitted an acquisition bid. That makes for a competition between Optum and Amedisys’ current merger partner, Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH). Similar to Amedisys, the company has a presence in the South, West Coast and East Coast. Amedisys Inc.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

A very recognizable name in home-based care, this iteration of the company was formed when Humana Inc. Causby, at HHCN’s FUTURE event, was most eager to chat about the company’s palliative care program. Causby, at HHCN’s FUTURE event, was most eager to chat about the company’s palliative care program. Nasdaq: AMED).

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Home Health Care

APRIL 10, 2024

Anthony left Encompass Health in 2021, and after her home health and hospice company operated as a segment within the larger organization for nearly a decade, Encompass Home Health & Hospice was spun off into its own public company: Enhabit Inc. NYSE: EHAB). Elara Caring. PE has always been involved in home care.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 10, 2023

(NYSE: EHAB), one of the largest freestanding home health and hospice companies in the market, intends to launch a strategic review process that could ultimately end in another industry-shaping transaction. Nasdaq: AMED), emerge from and enter into new chapters of their own in their respective company histories. billion in February.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

As that deal does come to a close, the home health industry is on the brink of knowing how one of its largest representatives, LHC Group, will be utilized underneath the UnitedHealth Group and Optum umbrellas. LHC Group will eventually be embedded into Optum. Until then, there are more than just tea leaves to read from the acquirer. “We

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Home Health Care

JULY 11, 2022

In an under-the-radar move, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has been combining Optum Health assets with Red Ventures’ health care portfolio to create a new consumer health joint venture (JV) dubbed “RVO Health.”. Healthline.com, Healthgrades.com, MedicalNewsToday.com, Greatist.com and PsychCentral.com are among RV Health’s portfolio companies.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and its subsidiary Optum, are in the process of navigating this more complex regulatory landscape as well. A prolific acquirer, Optum is beginning to meet more pushback on its acquisitions. If it acquired Amedisys, Optum would own about 10% of the home health market, having already acquired LHC Group.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 7, 2022

Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the provider with its Optum business. In the aftermath of that announcement, one of the most interesting questions to ponder has been: How will LHC Group fit alongside the rest of Optum’s home-focused offerings? And in 2020, it landed naviHealth, a company that provides post-acute care management services.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2024

The company was founded in 2021, and operates in California and Arizona. One of Float’s key areas of focus as a company is addressing chronic illness, which impacts 133 million people in the U.S. Float works with specialty pharmacies that send the company’s nursing staffing requests.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

These stories cover the most well-known companies in the industry, the conflict between conveners and home health providers, the final payment rule and much more. When Optum threw its hat in the ring for the chance to purchase Amedisys Inc. Longtime LHC Group Leader Keith Myers Breaks Down The Decision To Join Optum (Sept.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Waud Capital announced Thursday that it had acquired Senior Helpers – one of the largest home care companies in the country – for an undisclosed sum. But the company is making legitimate strides, and will be better off for the difficult transition it’s making now. And now, Senior Helpers is on the move again.

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MARCH 29, 2022

with Optum Health, which is already integrated into UnitedHealth’s network. The company brought in about $2.22 Meanwhile, Optum is a population health care provider. The company also acquired Landmark Health – an in-home medical care provider – for over $3 billion last year. “LHC billion it brought in the year prior.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 28, 2023

What was shocking, at least to some, was the buyer – UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum. Then, just a few months after it closed on LHC Group, the company set out to acquire Amedisys Inc. The deal is undergoing regulatory review, but if it is finalized, Optum will own about 10% of the home health market. Though Humana Inc.

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JULY 19, 2023

UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum has a new leader, one that will have a hand in integrating and leveraging two of the largest home health companies in the country in LHC Group and Amedisys Inc. ” Optum is the health care services arm of UnitedHealth Group. Desai will replace Dr. Wyatt Decker as Optum CEO.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 2, 2024

And, though the company's forensic investigation will continue for the foreseeable future, Witty admitted that personally identifiable information and protected health information for, in his estimation, about one-third of Americans was stolen. billion in accelerated payments as of April 26, the company reported.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The in-home medical company DispatchHealth has raised more than $330 million in yet another funding round, according to the company. The equity raise was led by Optum Ventures, with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. Napkin sketch coming to fruition.

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Home Health Care

JULY 27, 2023

The company released its Q2 financial results Wednesday, skipping the usual day-after earnings call due to its pending sale to United HealthGroup’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum. Much of that was tied up in costs associated with Amedisys’ transaction plans, according to the company. billion, or $101 per share. to $110.95.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Over 27 million of LHC Group’s (Nasdaq: LHCG) 31 million shareholders participated in a vote Tuesday regarding the company’s pending deal with UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its subsidiary Optum. Since the announcement, UnitedHealth Group and Optum have commented on it publicly, but LHC Group has yet to do so.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Before joining DispatchHealth, Alavi worked for Optum as a VP and national medical director of clinical performance. At Optum, one of his main focuses was to help reduce the costs of personal care for patients while reducing avoidable hospital admissions. The company has landed significant partnerships with Humana Inc.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 14, 2023

You’ve got a handful of public companies. UnitedHealth Group’s Optum completed its LHC Group acquisition in February. Optum first announced it had agreed to acquire Amedisys in a $3.3 The company offers home health and hospice, as well as high-acuity services in the home through its subsidiary, Contessa Health.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

The company itself would not confirm the number of employees laid off. “We We are focused on supporting our patients and our mission to deliver trusted, compassionate care in the comfort of home,” a company spokesperson wrote to Home Health Care News in a statement. “We In June 2020, the company landed $135.8

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