The leadership shake-up follows a 15% drop in Optum Health’s Q1 operating earnings and mounting pressure from rising Medicare Advantage costs.

The UnitedHealth/Optum bid comes a month after Amedisys agreed to be bought by Option Care Health Inc. for $97.38 per share in an all-stock deal, according to earlier reports. MORE FROM FORBES ADVISOR ...

Dive Brief: Amedisys received a $3.26 billion all-cash bid from UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, a month after the home and hospice care company agreed to be purchased by Option Care Health.; Last ...

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Care unit plans to acquire Steward Health Care's physician group in a deal that would extend its reach as the largest employer of physicians.