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The Avella acquisition came in the same quarter that UnitedHealth purchased Genoa Healthcare, a behavioral pharmacy chain, for about $2.5 billion.
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Move adds to drug chain’s string of deals in pharma, health and analytics.
Optum and benefitexpress partner on ben admin solution
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UnitedHealth beats estimates on Optum as ACA losses mount
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates, driven by growth at its Optum technology and consulting unit.
Optum to acquire Alere Health in $600 million deal
In a $600 million cash transaction, Optum, the IT and business services unit of UnitedHealth Group, is buying health management vendor Alere Health, which provides services to more than 200 regional and local health plans, 89 Fortune 500 employers and 29 states, covering about 22 million people in the U.S.