Healthcare DIVE March 18, 2024
The relief comes as 94% of hospitals reported financial impact from the outage, according to a survey from the American Hospital Association.
Dive Brief:
- The CMS on Friday released flexibilities for state Medicaid agencies to offer financial relief to providers during the outage at Change Healthcare, which has created significant operational challenges for nearly a month.
- The agency urged states to submit Medicaid state plan amendments so they can make interim payments to providers who are unable to submit claims while Change restores its systems.
- Ninety-four percent of hospitals reported financial impact from the cyberattack against UnitedHealth-owned Change, with more than half experiencing “significant or serious” effects, according to a survey conducted this month by the American...
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