The conditional government approval of
UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of DaVita Medical Group will still bring the
health insurer’s Optum health services business medical providers assets in key
fast-growing new markets.
The Federal Trade
Commission, worried about a monopoly in the Las Vegas area, worked out a settlement with
UnitedHealth to divest DaVita Medical’s medical care provider group known as
HealthCare Partners of Nevada.
Once the deal closes,
Davita Medical Group will meld into the OptumCare division of Optum which work
with more than 80 health plans and 16 million patients. OptumCare is affiliated
with more than 30,000 physicians and hundreds of facilities. A half dozen markets in particular in some of
the fastest growing population centers in the U.S. will see OptumCare fill gaps
it has had in its medical care provider portfolio, analysts say.
“DaVita Medical
Group’s high-quality practices in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and
Washington are now part of OptumCare,” Optum said in announcing FTC approval of
the $4.3 billion acquisition.
The addition of DaVita
medical care provider assets in these states “will help expand Optum’s SCA
(Surgical Care Affiliates) MedExpress, and HouseCalls,” SVB Leerink analyst Ana
Gupte said in a note following the FTC’s announcement that the deal was
approved with conditions. “This expanding reach will also be synergistic with
Optum Health portfolio.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2019/06/20/even-with-las-vegas-divestiture-optum-gains-key-new-markets/#4b638a3a26b4
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