UnitedHealth's Optum UK Draws Interest As Private Equity Firms Circle - UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH)

Blackstone among suitors for UnitedHealth-owned Optum UK - report (UNH:NYSE)

Blackstone eyes Optum's UK business as private equity interest grows. Get the latest on potential deals and M&A trends in the healthcare sector.

UnitedHealth's Optum UK Draws Interest As Private Equity Firms Circle - UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH)

The UK division of UnitedHealth Group‘s (NYSE:UNH) Optum, which operates the electronic patient record system EMIS used by most British general practitioners (GPs), is attracting private equity interest just two years after its acquisition. Several other major financial investors are reportedly in the early stages of evaluating potential bids for Optum UK. Sources familiar with the matter told Sky News that Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) is among the …

Blackstone among suitors for UnitedHealth-owned Optum UK

The New York-listed healthcare giant is keen to recoup the £1.2bn it paid to buy the supplier of the electronic patient record system to most GP surgeries just two years ago, Sky News learns.