UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the American poor

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Wed, 2024-03-20 10:44 — mike kraft

UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Many large healthcare centers have been able to resume receiving payments and making claims after the hack by using alternative technology, UnitedHealth says.

But technology roadblocks have prevented many community health centers from reconnecting, according to interviews with national and state-based organizations representing them, two national groups representing Medicaid directors and plans and five of the affected centers...

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