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After nearly two years of regulatory review, a full trial and a favorable court decision, we closed the transaction on October 3, and are executing on our vision to achieve a simpler, more intelligent and adaptive health system for patients, payers and care providers. The appeal is entirely without merit.
Optum, a diversified health services company, announced it has completed its combination with Change Healthcare.
We are pleased with the decision and look forward to combining with Change Healthcare as quickly as possible so that together we can continue our work to make the health system work better for everyone.
We look forward to explaining how the combination of Optum and Change Healthcare will accelerate innovation, benefit patients and providers, foster competition, and reduce costs. The Department of Justice’s highly speculative theories on our combination are simply wrong and do not reflect the realities of how our business or the health system works.
Combination will benefit patients, payers and providers by lowering costs and improving experiences
Change Healthcare and Optum together can increase efficiency and reduce friction in health care, producing a better experience and lower costs
Accelerates work to improve outcomes and experiences and lower the cost of health care
Recent News Coverage
UnitedHealth-Change Judge Outlines Why DOJ Lost
"The U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion bid for Change Healthcare failed at almost every turn, leaving a D.C. federal judge unconvinced that United would 'uproot' its business model or that a planned divestiture could not stand on its own, according to the opinion unsealed Wednesday."
Judge Rejects Antitrust Challenge to UnitedHealth Acquisition
"A federal judge Monday ruled against a Justice Department antitrust challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s 13 billion acquisition of health-technology firm Change Healthcare Inc., rejecting government claims that the deal would unlawfully suppress competition and limit innovation in health-insurance markets."
UnitedHealthcare And Optum Are ‘Strictly’ Separate, CEO Says
“UnitedHealth Group's CEO told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday there's no reason to fear misuse of data gleaned from the proposed $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare because UnitedHealth's own Optum Insight data unit is carefully designed to serve all health insurers and not just subsidiary UnitedHealthcare.”
Change Healthcare CEO Defends UnitedHealth Merger in Court
"Change Healthcare Inc. Chief Executive Officer Neil de Crescenzo defended the company’s proposed combination with UnitedHealth Group Inc. in court Tuesday as Justice Department attorneys attempted to prove the deal would harm competition."
Publishing, Healthcare Mergers Set for Trial in Antitrust Showdown With Biden Administration
“Two merger trials, each beginning Monday at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., will provide an early test for Biden administration antitrust enforcement and determine the fate of multibillion-dollar deals in the publishing and healthcare industries.”
Opinion Pieces
“As someone who has spent years working towards improving the patient experience, I have seen firsthand how high costs and inefficient care impact the millions of Americans that seek medical treatment every day.”