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In Florida, providers may be down as much as $1 billion in payments as a result of the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare, a company that essentially allows providers to get paid.
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The cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is the worst on the health care industry in U.S. history, hospitals say. Providers struggling to get paid for care say the response by the insurer and the Biden administration has been inadequate.
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The lawsuit alleges the hack was preventable and that the hospital “exacerbated the harm” by failing to notify those affected until “months” after the attack.
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The attack is disrupting facilities operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, which is based in California and has hospitals and clinics there and in Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
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The hospital says it discovered the "unusual activity” May 31. An investigation determined a “criminal group” infiltrated its computer system between May 12 and May 30.
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The data, apparently taken from a location used to automate email messages, was made available by an “unknown and unauthorized party” on an online forum, HCA announced.
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