M&A

Cambia Health Solutions and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota plan to enter a strategic affiliation that would bring the Fargo-based insurer under Cambia’s management while maintaining its local governance and mutual status. The agreement would integrate BCBSND into…

UnitedHealth subsidiary SCA Health acquired one of the largest gastroenterology physician group practices in the U.S. in early 2025 from a private equity firm, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 19.  SCA acquired Exton, Pa.-based U.S. Digestive Health from Amulet Capital…

UnitedHealth Group has completed its acquisition of home health and hospice provider Amedisys in a deal valued at $101 per share in cash. The transaction, which closed on Aug. 14, makes Amedisys a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth and removes…

Optum has acquired Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Medical Group, WJHL reported Aug. 11.  The 200-provider medical group has more than 70 locations in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, according to the report.  “Holston Medical Group is pleased to join Optum to…

UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have reached a proposed final agreement with the Justice Department and attorneys general in four states to resolve an antitrust lawsuit that had temporarily halted their proposed $3.3 billion merger.  On Aug. 7, the U.S. District…

Priority Health, the insurance arm of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health, will become the governing member of Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire, a Wisconsin-based health plan with more than 61,000 members. Both organizations expect the transaction to close by…

Health Care Service Corporation has launched its national HealthSpring brand following the company’s acquisition of Cigna’s Medicare business. In March, HCSC purchased Cigna’s Medicare Advantage, Part D and supplemental benefits businesses, along with a value-based care management subsidiary, for $3.3…

CenterWell, Humana’s older adult-focused primary care business, has inked an agreement to acquire The Villages (Fla.) Health.  The Villages Health has filed for bankruptcy, according to a July 3 news release. Humana has entered a stalking horse agreement to purchase…

UnitedHealth Group is exploring the sale of its Banmedica subsidiary, which operates in Colombia and Chile, Reuters reported June 9. The company has been trying to exit Latin America since 2022, but the reported sale has taken on increasing urgency…

SCAN Group has purchased full ownership of myPlace Health, an integrated care delivery organization serving older adults in their homes through the PACE model. myPlace launched in 2021 as a collaboration between SCAN and Commonwealth Care Alliance in Los Angeles.…