Hospice News December 12, 2025
A federal judge has given final approval to the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group that allowed the transaction between the two companies to close.
The U.S. District Court in Maryland entered the final judgment proposed by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the attorneys general of several states. It requires divestitures of some Amedisys and UnitedHealth Group home health and hospice locations.
In addition, Amedisys must pay a $1.1 million civil penalty to the United States for falsely certifying that it had provided “true, correct and complete” responses under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the Justice Department indicated..
“This is a tremendous outcome for competition in the healthcare industry, where competition...
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