Forbes October 3, 2022
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit Monday completed its $13 billion acquisition of the software and data analytics firm Change Healthcare after successfully fending off a U.S. Justice Department challenge of the deal.
When the deal was announced over a year ago, Optum, a fast-growing part of UnitedHealth Group, said Change Healthcare will become a part of the OptumInsight business “to provide software and data analytics, technology-enabled services and research, advisory and revenue cycle management offerings to help make health care work better for everyone.”
It’s the most significant addition to the OptumInsight business since UnitedHealth in 2017 bought the Advisory Board’s healthcare business, which includes data analytics, consulting and population health for $1.3 billion.
Announced in January of 2021, the Change...