M&A

SCAN Group, the parent company of Medicare Advantage provider SCAN Health Plan, has acquired the Residentialist Group, a Laguna Hills, Calif.-based provider of in-home clinical services to older adults. 

Medica paid nearly $233 million in 2021 to buy a 55 percent stake in Madison, Wis.-based Dean Health Plan, according to the Star Tribune

Anthem has completed its acquisition of Integra Managed Care, purchasing the Lake Success, N.Y.-based managed care company for an undisclosed amount.

Humana is selling a 60 percent stake in its Kindred at Home hospice and personal care business to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. 

UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary Optum have proposed several acquisitions and partnerships recently, giving a glimpse into its mergers and acquisitions growth strategy. 

UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit has agreed to buy Lafayette, La.-based home-health firm LHC. 

UnitedHealth Group is mounting its defense against the Justice Department's challenge to its proposed $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare, arguing the government's case is "flawed." 

Minneapolis-based UCare will bid on a contract that would allow the health plan to manage care for a large group of beneficiaries in Iowa's Medicaid program, the Star Tribune reported March 7.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Ohio closed its acquisition of a state Medicaid contract from Paramount Advantage Feb. 15. 

Two Huntington, W.Va.-based health systems, Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network, have become co-owners of West Virginia University Health System-founded payer Peak Health.