Becker's Healthcare December 30, 2024
The year 2024 will be remembered as one full of unprecedented challenges and turmoil for the nation’s largest healthcare company.
From the tragic and targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to a crippling cyberattack on subsidiary Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group has faced a cascade of crises that affected the entire healthcare industry. These major events, compounded by legal battles and heightened public scrutiny, have exposed systemwide vulnerabilities and sparked a broader reckoning about the role of insurers within healthcare.
“You see so much violence in hospitals and health systems often from people with behavioral health problems,” Scott Becker, founder and publisher of Becker’s Healthcare, said. “But I have not seen this, and it reminds me of the labor...