UnitedHealth subsidiary buys Change Healthcare for nearly $8 billion

A little more than 18 months after becoming a publicly traded company, Change Healthcare Inc. is being been sold. Optum, a subsidiary of health care insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, has agreed to purchase Change Healthcare for $25.75 per share, according to a news release, which amounts to more than $7.8 billion. Change Healthcare will join Optum’s OptumInsight division, which provides data analytics, technology-enabled services and research and revenue cycle management services to health…