Chief Healthcare Executive April 24, 2024
UnitedHealth Group says it could take months to identify all those impacted. The data breach is posing headaches for hospitals.
More than two months after the disclosure of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, UnitedHealth Group says patient data appears to have been exposed.
UnitedHealth said this week that the company has found files containing private health data, or information that could identify individuals “which could cover a substantial portion of people in America.”
The company did not estimate how many individuals may be affected by the breach, and said it expects to take several months before UniteHealth can identify and contact customers and individuals who have been impacted. The company did say it hasn’t found evidence of medical histories or doctors’...