CHS is making another attempt to exit the Pennsylvania market and UnitedHealth Group struck a deal with the Justice Department to allow its acquisition of a home health and hospice care provider to move forward.  Here are three healthcare M&A developments Becker’s reported on during the week of Aug. 4:

1. UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys reached a proposed final agreement with the Justice Department and attorneys general in four states to resolve an antitrust lawsuit that had temporarily halted their proposed $3.3 billion merger. Under the terms of the settlement, UnitedHealth and Amedisys will divest 164 home health and hospice clinics across 19 states to two companies, BrightSpring Health Services and the Pennant Group, although the DOJ may approve other buyers. The DOJ said the divested

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