UnitedHealth Closes Roughly $8 Billion Deal for Change Healthcare

UnitedHealth Closes Roughly $8 Billion Deal for Change Healthcare
A sign stands on UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka, Minn., on Oct. 16, 2012. Jim Mone/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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MINNETONKA, Minn.—UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the roughly $8 billion deal a couple weeks after a judge rejected a challenge from federal regulators.

UnitedHealth is merging the technology company with its Optum segment. The health care giant said that combination will simplify clinical, administrative and payment processes for care providers and bill payers.