HealthExec May 10, 2024
Six national hospital groups posted a public letter on May 8, addressed to UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty, urging him to announce a timeline and process for notifying patients about stolen personal data from the breach of Change Healthcare’s systems in February.
In the letter, the groups request that UnitedHealth claim formal responsibility for any notification of victims, on behalf of impacted providers and customers. The request is something Witty already agreed to do during a Senate hearing on May 1.
However, UnitedHealth has yet to specify how and when it will proceed with notifying the tens of millions of people who likely had their data stolen during the breach. During the hearing, Witty stated that “maybe a...