PYMNTS.com March 12, 2024
White House officials reportedly met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and other health insurers to urge them to accelerate their payments to healthcare providers.
During the remote meeting, Biden administration officials and healthcare providers, who also attended the meeting, said that unpaid medical bills have been piling up since UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare was knocked offline by a Feb. 21 cyberattack, The Washington Post reported Tuesday (March 12), citing unnamed sources.
The officials and healthcare providers urged the company to make more emergency funding available to providers, noting that UnitedHealth has been collecting premiums from patients but not paying healthcare providers due to the impact of the cyberattack, according to the report.
UnitedHealth Group did not immediately...
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