Deals
UnitedHealth to Acquire A-Life, San Diego Maker of Software
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it will buy A-Life Medical Inc., a closely held maker of medical-coding software, in its fourth purchase this year of a company focused on helping doctors and hospitals reduce costs.
A-Life assists more than 40,000 U.S. physicians with billing, processing more than 5 million transactions monthly, Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth, the biggest U.S. health plan by sales, said in a statement today. Terms weren’t disclosed. A-Life, based in San Diego, will join Ingenix, UnitedHealth’s health-technology and consulting unit.