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Amedisys US settlement left some concerns unresolved, shows flexibility on remedies

By Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes ( August 14, 2025, 21:53 GMT | Comment) -- The compromise permitting UnitedHealth Group to acquire rival home healthcare and hospice service provider Amedisys shows both US federal and state enforcers are willing to give flexibility to dealmakers looking to settle. The remedy included a partial divestiture of overlapping assets that addressed many — but not all — of the antitrust issues that government officials had raised in their lawsuit to stop the deal.The compromise permitting UnitedHealth Group to acquire rival home healthcare and hospice service provider Amedisys shows that both US federal and state competition enforcers are willing to give flexibility to dealmakers looking to settle. The remedy (see here) included a partial divestiture of overlapping assets that addressed many, though not all, of the antitrust issues that government officials raised in their lawsuit to stop the deal....

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