Bloomberg News reports the suit was filed days after a meeting last weekend between the justice department and heads of both health care companies failed to quell concerns of possible...... antitrust issues, ......despite the companies' joint offer to sell off 100-plus clinics to a Texas-based competitor.
This isn't the first time the justice department has had UnitedHealth in its legal crosshairs. Just two years ago, it unsuccessfully sued the company amid its purchase of Change Healthcare, the IT firm targeted in the cyberattack in February that reportedly cost UnitedHealth $872 million due to a lack of multifactor authentication. UnitedHealth paid a Bitcoin ransom valued at $22 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/doj-united-health-amedisys-lawsuit-possible/