An indication outdoors a CVS pharmacy in Miami, Florida.
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An indication outdoors a CVS pharmacy in Miami, Florida.
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A cyberattack on one of many largest healthcare corporations within the US is impacting pharmacies and hospitals throughout the nation.
Change Healthcare is owned by UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest medical claims processor. Unpaid payments are piling up and medical doctors and pharmacists warn that the disruption is harming their means to work.
The Division of Well being and Human Providers launched a plan encouraging personal healthcare financing for organizations hardest hit by the assault. The Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers mentioned it’s contemplating returning to a pandemic-era accelerated cost plan for people.
How far can the assistance of those federal businesses go? And what does this assault reveal in regards to the safety of the biggest healthcare corporations within the US?
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