UnitedHealth Group said it’s paid out more than $2 billion in advances to help health-care providers deal with the fallout of last month’s…
Nearly a month since Change Healthcare was hit by a cyberattack, parent company UnitedHealth Group said it's paid out more than $2 billion in advances to help affected health-care providers.
UnitedHealth said it began releasing medical claims preparation software, which will be available to thousands of customers in the next several days."We continue to make significant progress in restoring the services impacted by this cyberattack," UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said in a."We know this has been an enormous challenge for health care providers and we encourage any in need to contact us.
On Friday, UnitedHealth said it restored Change Healthcare's electronic payments platform, after rebooting 99% of its pharmacy network services earlier this month. It also introduced a temporary funding assistance program to help health-care providers experiencing cash flow trouble because of the attack.
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