- CVS Health completed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health in March and its $10.6 billion acquisition of Chicago-based primary care company Oak Street Health in May.
- UnitedHealth Group closed on its $5.4 billion acquisition of home health firm LHC Group in February. In April, LHC Group purchased Delaware-based home health company Summit Home Care.
- Optum purchased Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run Healthcare in February, a multispecialty physician group with more than 400 providers across more than 30 locations.
- Elevance Health closed on its acquisition of specialty pharmacy BioPlus in February.
- Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare finalized its acquisition of Miami-based nonprofit health plan AvMed, which provides individual and group commercial plans and Medicare Advantage to more than 200,000 members.
- BCBS Michigan subsidiary AF Group completed its purchase of Southfield, Mich.-based AmeriTrust Group for an undisclosed amount Jan. 3.
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