Amedisys gains on getting unsolicited $3.26-bln offer from UnitedHealth unit

Option Care Health

05/06/2023 14:23

** Shares of healthcare-at-home firm Amedisys Inc  AMED.O 
up 16.5% at $92.6 before the bell
    ** Co says received an unsolicited $3.26 bln offer from
UnitedHealth Group's  UNH.N  health services company Optum,  a
month after agreeing to be bought by another healthcare firm 
    ** Optum made an offer of $100 per share, according to
Amedisys, more than the roughly $97.38 per share offer made by
Option Care Health Inc  OPCH.O  last month  
    ** AMED's board has not yet determined whether Optum's offer
could be superior to OPHC's deal and is currently in exploratory
discussions with the UnitedHealth unit 
OPHC shares up 3.6% at $29.6 premarket
    ** Option Care's deal was expected to close in H2 of 2023
    ** As of Friday's close, AMED stock down 4.9% YTD

 (Reporting by Pratik Jain in Bengaluru)
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