Dive Brief:

UnitedHealth and Amedisys have agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice, clearing the path for their $3.3 billion merger to go through.

The settlement, filed with the Maryland district court on Thursday, requires UnitedHealth and Amedisys to divest certain businesses in order to placate the DOJ’s concerns that the merger is anticompetitive. Amedisys has also agreed to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty to the U.S. for not fully complying with regulators during the merger review process.

Regulators’ tentative greenlight of the multibillion dollar deal is a win for UnitedHealth, which originally proposed plans to acquire the home health and hospice provider in 2023. However, the merger has been tied up in litigation after the DOJ and four states sued to block it i

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