After attack, Change Healthcare offers alternative systems and financial support
A subsidiary of UnitedHealth has launched a temporary version of its Rx ePrescribing service for drugstores, hospitals, nursing home pharmacies and other providers affected by the ransomware attack against the company, Modern Healthcare reported.
Modern Healthcare: Change Healthcare opens backup pharmacy system amid ongoing outages
Nine days after a cyberattack that disrupted pharmacy services across the United States, UnitedHealth Group has established alternative systems and created a financial assistance program for health care providers, the company announced Friday. Change Healthcare, his Optum subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, will roll out a temporary version of its Rx ePrescribing service for drugstores, hospitals, nursing home pharmacies, and other affected health care providers at 2pm ET on Friday. It has started. (Berryman, 3/1)
Wall Street Journal: After healthcare hacking changes, healthcare providers struggle to survive
“This is absolutely devastating for us financially,” said Jennifer Fenton, executive director of the Equine Healing Collaborative, a nonprofit psychotherapy center with four locations in California. The center owes more than $50,000 in unpaid insurance claims and furloughed five clinicians on Thursday, Fenton said.Without relief, the remaining nine will face the same fate. [this] week, she said. (Randall, Stupp, Nash, 3/1)
Bloomberg: UnitedHealth hack poses financial challenges for small pharmacies
As the fallout from a hack into a UnitedHealth Group unit continues for more than a week, some health care providers are refusing to administer medication to patients or risk not paying for expensive treatments. , are facing increasingly difficult dilemmas. In recent days, health care providers could not confirm whether patients' prescription costs would be covered by their health insurance. …But for too long, small pharmacy owners say they can only cover the cost of prescriptions while they wait for reimbursement. (Pashankar, 3/1)
Seattle Times: Why healthcare has become a top target for cybercrime
Federal and local cybersecurity experts say cyberattacks of all kinds have plagued large businesses, small businesses and individuals in recent decades, but in recent years healthcare has become the No. 1 target. . These organizations hold large amounts of patient data, including medical records, financial information, social security numbers, names, and addresses. Also, since these companies are among the few that are open 24/7, they are more likely to prioritize avoiding disruption and are therefore more likely to pay ransoms to hackers. (Takahama, 3/1)
