Case Description
Four states and the U.S. Department of Justice brought a lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition of Amedysis, Inc. by UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The plaintiff states and DOJ alleged that the defendants are two of the largest home health and hospice service providers in the country and that their merger would eliminate competition between the two in hundreds of local markets in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act. They further allege that a proposed divestiture to VitalCaring Group would not sufficiently preserve competition.
