Fierce Healthcare August 28, 2024
Updated: Aug. 28 at 1:50 p.m. ET.
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of August 2024.
Leading stories
UnitedHealth wants to buy Surgery Partners: report
UnitedHealth Group is one party interested in buying Surgery Partners, an operator of surgical facilities across U.S., according to a report from Bloomberg.
Surgery Partners is looking to sell, though discussions with UnitedHealth and TPG Inc., another suitor, are only in their initial stages.
UnitedHealth owns Surgical Care Affiliates, an Optum company, having bought the group for $2.3 billion in 2017. Purchasing Surgery Partners would consolidate one of its major competitors under the UHG umbrella.
Devoted Health completes $287M Series E funding round
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