M&A Deal Summary

WellCare Health Plans Acquires Aetna - Medicare Part D Business

On September 27, 2018, WellCare Health Plans acquired insurance company Aetna - Medicare Part D Business from Aetna

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WellCare Health Plans’ 3rd transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is WellCare Health Plans’ 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is WellCare Health Plans’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-09-27
Target Aetna - Medicare Part D Business
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) WellCare Health Plans
Sellers(s) Aetna
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Aetna - Medicare Part D Business

Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Aetna, Inc. - Medicare Part D Business drug is available in one of two ways. You can get Aetna Medicare Part D coverage through a stand-alone Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to supplement your Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) benefits or included in an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan (also known as a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WellCare Health Plans

Tampa, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Insurance
Employees6,900
Revenue 20.0B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. is a provider of managed care services targeted to government-sponsored health care programs, focusing on Medicaid and Medicare. WellCare offers a variety of health plans for families, children, and the aged, blind, and disabled, as well as prescription drug plans.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Insurance M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 8 of 8
State: Connecticut M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 13 of 13
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-29 Meridian Health Plan of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, Inc. is a family-owned, family-operated group of health plans with offices in Michigan and Illinois. Meridian's affiliates include MeridianHealth (Medicaid), MeridianCare (Medicare), MeridianComplete (Medicare-Medicaid), MeridianChoice (Health Insurance Marketplace), and MeridianRx, a pharmacy benefit management company.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Aetna

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Founded 1853
Sector Insurance
Employees50,100
Revenue 63.2B USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Aetna, Inc. is a diversified health care benefits company. Aetna offers medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability health-care plans. Aetna was founded in 1853 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 7
Sector: Insurance M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 6
State: Connecticut M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 5 of 6
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-11 Medicity

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Medicity is a health information exchange technology company offers a broad range of products and services that enable health systems, hospitals, physician practices and health information exchanges to securely access and exchange health care information, improving the quality and efficiency of patient care and reducing unnecessary health care costs. Medicity markets its products and services locally, regionally and nationally. Medicity, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-05 PayFlex

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

PayFlex is an independent account-based health plan administrator. The company provides proprietary web-based benefit administration services and solutions for plan sponsors who offer consumer-based products such as Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs), and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and also provides COBRA direct-billing services. PayFlex was formed in 1986 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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