UnitedHealth Group has asked a federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department's challenge to its acquisition of Amedisys, or require the department to provide more specific data on how the deal could harm competition. 

Personalized health navigation company Transcarent is planning to purchase health benefits navigator Accolade for $621 million.

Three insurer mergers and acquisitions have closed in the first week of 2025. 

UnitedHealth Group and the Justice Department disagree on a date for trial that will determine the fate of the company's planned merger with Amedisys. 

CareSource has completed the acquisition of Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, one of the last surviving ACA co-op plans. 

Elevance Health has completed its acquisition of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health's health plan. 

UnitedHealth Group and home health company Amedisys have agreed to extend the deadline for a planned $3.3 billion merger due to a legal challenge by the Department of Justice.

Centene could turn its attention to acquiring health plans or other assets in 2025, its executives told investors at a Dec. 12 conference. 

Payers expanded their reach into the provider space through acquisitions in 2024. 

Priority Health has closed on its purchase Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, a Fort Wayne-based payer with more than 50,000 members in Indiana and Ohio.

CareSource has closed on its acquisition of Radiant Alliance, a nonprofit senior care organization composed of Metta Healthcare (parent company of Ohio's Hospice and Pure Healthcare), United Church Homes and Genacross Lutheran Services.

Massachusetts' insurance commissioner has approved the sale of Springfield-based Baystate Health's insurance subsidiary, Health New England, to Point32Health for $165 million.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum has launched a website to defend its proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of home health company Amedisys that the Justice Department is seeking to block. 

The U.S. Justice Department is suing UnitedHealth Group and home health company Amedisys over the companies' planned $3.3 billion merger.

Cigna directly confirmed that it is not pursuing a merger with Humana. 

Though he did not mention the deal directly, Cigna CEO David Cordani appeared to dismiss rumors of reignited merger talks with Humana and said the company was focused on share buybacks.  

UnitedHealth Group representatives are set to meet with Justice Department officials to make the case for its acquisition of Amedisys to be approved, Bloomberg reported Oct. 25. 

Wall Street analysts say a potential Cigna-Humana merger depends on the results of the presidential election, Bloomberg reported Oct. 21. 

Cigna and Humana have renewed talks of a potential merger, Bloomberg reported Oct. 18. 

Elevance Health's health services arm, Carelon, intends to purchase Nashville-based CareBridge, a value-based home and community-based care provider for patients with chronic and complex needs.