Healthcare DIVE October 3, 2022
UnitedHealth Group completed its purchase of Change Healthcare, the company announced Monday morning, after defeating the Department of Justice in federal court over the agency’s attempt to block the $13 billion deal.
It does not appear the DOJ will challenge the deal in appellate court. Letting the deal go through without an appeal is viewed as a major setback for the DOJ, antitrust legal experts told Healthcare Dive.
The DOJ has lost two merger cases in court this year. A decision is still pending in the third case, the DOJ’s high-profile suit against two merging book publishers.
The DOJ had sued to block the health giant from buying health technology firm Change Healthcare over allegations UnitedHealth would mine data...
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