UnitedHealth Group Purchases Equian For $3.2 Billion

UnitedHealth Group has reportedly agreed to purchase healthcare payments company Equian from private equity firm New Mountain Capital in a deal worth approximately $3.2 billion. UnitedHealth would likely add Equian under the Optum umbrella, which would help to expand the company's services past the healthcare industry and into a new market.

The news about the Equian acquisition comes soon after the FTC approved UnitedHealth's $4.3 billion combination with DaVita Medical Group, which would make the country's largest insurer one of the largest employers of clinicians as well.

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