UnitedHealth Group Inc. and LHC Group have extended their merger agreement while regulators continue to evaluate the $5.4 billion deal.
According to a filing with the SEC, the two companies now hope to complete the merger in the first quarter of 2023.
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) announced last March its intention to acquire LHC, one of nation's largest home-health care providers. LHC (NASDAQ: LHCG) would be folded into UnitedHealth's Optum subsidiary, part of insurers' strategy…
