UnitedHealth, Amedisys to Face October Antitrust Trial on Deal

A trial between the Justice Department and UnitedHealth Group Inc. over its proposed purchase of Amedisys Inc. will take place in October 2025, a Maryland federal judge ruled Thursday.

But Judge James K. Bredar warned that he couldn’t guarantee he would be able to issue a decision by Dec. 31, the deal’s current deadline. And he cautioned attorneys for the companies that if they don’t finalize and fully disclose plans related to their proposed divestiture of home-health clinics before a July cut-off he would likely need to delay the trial by at least a year.

The proposed divestiture is “a ...