UnitedHealth to Buy Definity Health
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N on  Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300  million, as the No. 1 U.S. health insurer seeks to offer more  health savings accounts, which give consumers incentives to  rein in health costs.
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HealthSouth Corp. (HLSH.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) , a health-care company that is trying to emerge from an accounting scandal, said on Thursday it agreed to settle for $325 million
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Health insurer Humana Inc. HUM.N said  on Tuesday it agreed to acquire CarePlus Health Plans for $408  million to boost its Medicare-linked plans in Florida, the  latest union in the consolidating HMO sector.
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. PRV.N for $1.03 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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UnitedHealth Group buys Definity Health, which offers consumer-driven options.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , which is trying to emerge from a stock options scandal, on Tuesday affirmed its 2006 profit outlook and forecast 2007 net earnings of between $4.7 billion and $4.75 billion on revenue of about $79.5 billion.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.
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UnitedHealth Group&#39;s (UNH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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Australia&#39;s Healthscope Ltd.   launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for  larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by  private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American Medical Security Group Inc.
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United Online Inc., a California-based provider of low-cost Internet subscription services, has agreed to buy Internet networking company Classmates Online Inc.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ), the drug and health care products company, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to buy Guidant (GDT), a leading maker of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for more than $24 billion.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson&#39;s$25.4bn purchase of Guidant, a medical device maker, will give the big US medical group a range of fast-growing products that manage patients&#39; heart rhythms, a move that will shake up the US medical device industry.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , which is trying to emerge from a stock options scandal, forecast 2007 net earnings of between $4.7 billion and $4.75 billion on Tuesday, a rise of about 14 percent on better-than-expected revenue.
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US consumer healthcare company Perrigo is to buy Israeli drug-maker Agis for $818m (Â£441.5m) in cash and stock. The deal will create a firm with annual sales of $1.