FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, shows part of the UnitedHealth Group, Inc. campus in Minnetonka, Minn. UnitedHealth Group Inc. reports financial results Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) ASSOCIATED PRESSUnitedHealth Group is still working with regulators to close its acquisition of DaVita Medical Group, a $4 billion deal that has dragged on much longer than investors and observers of the health insurer have expected. But there appears to be no cause for alarm from the nation's largest health insurer even as the effort to finalize the deal heads into its 19th month. “We are working diligently with regulators to complete our combination as soon as possible,” a UnitedHealth Group spokeswoman said Thursday. The addition of the DaVita operations would add to an already growing national network of medical care providers under the Optum umbrella.

Source: Forbes May 23, 2019 16:52 UTC