Payers are continuing to snap up providers.
Here are 11 deals to note that Becker's has reported in 2024:
This article was first published Jan. 5 and updated Oct. 24.
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Carelon, Elevance Health's health services arm, intends to purchase CareBridge. The Nashville-based company provides value-based home and community-based care for patients with chronic and complex needs.
- Humana plans to acquire Miami Beach, Fla.-based Clinical Care Medical Centers. The company's clinics will be integrated into CenterWell’s Primary Care Organization, according to a Humana spokesperson.
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UnitedHealth Group is among the potential buyers of ambulatory surgical center operator Surgery Partners, according to Bloomberg.
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Humana is set to open primary care clinics at 23 former Walmart Health sites. Walmart will lease the clinics to Humana. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Optum acquired CARE Counseling, a group of 10 behavioral health clinics in the Minneapolis area that employ over 200 clinicians.
- Centivo, a self-funded health plan provider, purchased virtual-first provider Eden Health in May.
- Elevance Health purchased Kroger Specialty Pharmacy, which serves patients with chronic illness that requires complex care. The deal closed in October.
- Elevance Health closed the acquisition of infusion center and specialty pharmacy operator Paragon Healthcare. Plano, Texas-based Paragon Healthcare has more than 40 ambulatory infusion centers in eight states.
- Oregon state regulators allowed Optum to bypass a state review of its purchase of Corvallis Clinic, citing an immediate need to maintain the provider's financial solvency.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina purchased all North Carolina locations of FastMed, a national chain of urgent care clinics.
- Optum plans to acquire home-health provider Amedisys. The deal, announced in July 2023, is still pending. A majority of Amedisys shareholders approved the deal in September 2023, but it is facing scrutiny from the Justice Department. In June, Amedisys and UnitedHealth said they had agreed to sell an undisclosed number of clinics to VitalCaring Group, pending the approval of the merger.