M&A

From a planned buy of home health firm LHC Group for $5.4 billion to previously undisclosed purchases in Oregon, these are six provider acquisitions by Optum reported by Becker's in 2022:

Previously expected to close by the end of 2022, United Health Group's acquisition of home-health firm LHC Group will now likely be finalized in the first quarter of 2023, according to an LHC filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Centene has finalized divestiture of pharmaceutical benefit manager, MagellanRx, to Prime Therapeutics, the company said Dec. 5. 

Centene announced Nov. 17 it is selling Magellan Specialty Health, the latest in a number of deals the health insurer has made throughout 2022. 

Centene said in a Nov. 17 news release it has completed the sale of its Spanish and central European businesses to Vivalto Santé, a French private hospital group. 

Centene is selling Magellan Specialty Health to healthcare administration company Evolent Health in a deal worth up to $750 million. 

Senior healthcare provider CareMax has acquired Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Medicare value-based care business in a cash and stock deal.  

Here are six payer merger and acquisition updates Becker's has reported since Oct. 17. 

Cigna's health services arm Evernorth will be a minority owner in VillageMD after it invested in the primary care disruptor's acquisition of Summit Health.

Elevance Health will acquire the nation's largest independent specialty pharmacy, BioPlus.