UnitedHealth Group revealed plans to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based Change Healthcare and merge the data analytics firm with its subsidiary Optum. The transaction is expected to reach $13 billion, with UnitedHealth paying a 41 percent premium per share over Change Healthcare’s closing price on Jan. 5.
Change Healthcare CEO Neil de Crescenzo will lead the business unit as CEO of OptumInsight, which accounted for $2.8 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2020. Another Optum division, OptumCare, includes the Surgical Care Affiliates, which has more than 230 surgical facilities.
AmerisourceBergen also announced a big purchase on Jan. 6: majority stake in Walgreens Boots Alliance’s pharmacy unit Alliance Healthcare. The drug wholesale company will pay $6.5 billion for its share in Alliance Healthcare. Walgreens Boots Alliance will focus on strengthening its retail pharmacy business post-transaction.
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