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Chuck DarwinTo address some of the overlaps between <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedHealth</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amedisys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amedisys</a>, UnitedHealth has proposed to divest certain facilities to <a href="https://c.im/tags/VitalCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VitalCaring</a> Group (VitalCaring). But as the complaint alleges, the proposed divestiture does not alleviate harm in over 100 home health, hospice, and labor markets, which generate at least a billion dollars in revenue annually, serve at least 200,000 patients, and employ at least 4,000 nurses. As further alleged in the complaint, VitalCaring has lower quality scores than either UnitedHealth or Amedisys and is beset by financial challenges, including a potential legal judgment approaching a half-billion dollars. According to a Texas court, before becoming CEO of VitalCaring, its current CEO was running a competitor of VitalCaring while also running VitalCaring “from the shadows.”The United States also seeks civil penalties against Amedisys for ⚠️ falsely certifying compliance with its obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The complaint alleges that Amedisys violated the HSR Act because, at the time of its sworn certification, Amedisys failed to produce millions of documents or disclose the deletion of other documents. ⭐️For each day that Amedisys was in violation of the HSR Act, the United States seeks a monetary penalty of up to $51,744, as authorized by statute.♦️UnitedHealth is a publicly traded Delaware corporation headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. UnitedHealth is a vertically integrated insurer, healthcare provider, pharmacy benefit manager, and healthcare software and services vendor that brought in $372 billion in revenue in 2023. In 2022, before their company was acquired by UnitedHealth, LHC nurses and other healthcare professionals made approximately 12 million visits to patients in 37 states and the District of Columbia and earned over $2.3 billion in revenue.♦️Amedisys is a home health and hospice services provider and a publicly traded Delaware corporation headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2023, Amedisys nurses and other healthcare professionals made 10.6 million visits to patients in 37 states and the District of Columbia, earning the company $2.2 billion in revenue. <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedHealth</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amedisys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amedisys</a><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice</a>

Chuck DarwinThe Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York, 🔥filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today ⭐️ to block <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedHealth</a> Group Incorporated (UnitedHealth)’s proposed 👉 $3.3 billion acquisition of rival home health and hospice services provider <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amedisys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amedisys</a> Inc. (Amedisys). The complaint filed in the District of Maryland alleges that the transaction would ❌ eliminate competition between UnitedHealth and Amedisys (Defendants). Since UnitedHealth’s prior acquisition of Amedisys’s home health and hospice rival <a href="https://c.im/tags/LHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LHC</a> Group Inc. (LHC) in 2023, Defendants have been two of the largest home health and hospice providers in the United States. 🆘 Eliminating the competition between UnitedHealth and Amedisys would harm patients who receive home health and hospice services, insurers who contract for home health services, and nurses who provide home health and hospice services.“We are challenging this merger because home health and hospice patients and their families experiencing some of the most difficult moments of their lives deserve affordable, high quality care options,” said Attorney General <a href="https://c.im/tags/Merrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merrick</a> B. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Garland</a>. “The Justice Department will not hesitate to check unlawful consolidation and monopolization in the healthcare market that threatens to harm vulnerable patients, their families, and health care workers.”“Millions of patients depend on United and Amedisys to receive home health and hospice care in the comfort of their homes,” said Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer. “❇️ The Department’s lawsuit demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that consolidation does not threaten quality, affordability, or wages in these vital healthcare markets. I commend the staff of the Antitrust Division for their extraordinary work on this matter.” <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-groups-acquisition-home-health-and-hospice</a>

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