{"id":8856,"date":"2017-12-07T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T13:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2017-12-07T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T13:15:35","slug":"unitedhealths-optum-to-buy-davita-medical-group-for-4-9b-6-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8856","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealth&#8217;s Optum to buy DaVita Medical Group for $4.9B: 6 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Optum unit will acquire DaVita Medical Group for approximately $4.9 billion in cash, adding nearly 300 medical clinics to its network. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/unitedhealth-s-optum-to-buy-davita-medical-group-in-4-9b-deal.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Optum unit will acquire DaVita Medical Group for approximately $4.9 billion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8857,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions\/8857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}