UnitedHealth Group planned to purchase Baton Rouge-based Amedisys. The antitrust complaint argues that combination would hinder access to home health and hospice services in the U.S.

UnitedHealth is seeking to add Amedisys to Optum, its subsidiary that provides care as well as pharmacy and technology services.

The Justice Department and four Attorneys General have blocked UnitedHealth Group Incorporated’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys Inc. The Attorneys General of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York joined the blockade alongside the legal watchdog of the United States government,

UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys, the largest M&A deal for a Minnesota company in 2023, is being targeted by antitrust regulators who say the merger would hurt competition in the home health care sector.