Key Takeaways UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys agreed to extend the deadline to complete their $3.3 billion merger. The deal had been expected to be completed this week, but federal and state regulators moved to block it,

Amedisys stock climbed Friday after the provider of home health care agreed to waive its right to terminate a merger agreement with UnitedHealth Group, bolstering expectations that the deal will succeed despite a government attempt to block it.

The delay comes a month after the U.S. Department of Justice said it was suing to block the planned M&A deal. According to a Securities Exchange Commission document filed by Amedisys Friday, the Minnetonka-based health insurance giant and Baton Rouge,