Optum and Amedisys plan to divest home health centers to VitalCaring to maintain competition. By 2030, 18% of Americans will be 65 or older, increasing the demand for home care services.

UnitedHealth's Optum unit made the unsolicited bid earlier this month for Amedisys, which at the time had already agreed to a $2.8 billion merger with Illinois-based Option Care Health.

"While the full scope of ABC's ultimate activities is still unknown, the expectation is that the venture aims to disrupt the health care industry as it exists today," Optum ... 1.2 million workers ...

Optum, a healthcare company ... 402 (37 employees) — urgent care Long Beach: 2699 Atlantic Ave. (nine employees) — primary and specialty care Redlands: 2 W Fern Ave. (10 employees ...

The strong-quarterly performance was supported by growth in people served domestically through United Healthcare and under UNH’s value-based care arrangements ... to 6.2%. The Optum segment ...