CNBC April 15, 2024
Key Points
– UnitedHealth Group’s first-quarter earnings report could offer a window into the financial impact of the February cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary.
– The outage of the billing and payments processing unit has pushed physician groups to take out loans to meet the costs of managing their practices.
– The disruption of real-time data on medical cost trends among seniors will cause greater uncertainty for Medicare Advantage health insurers, as they prepare bids for 2025 plans due in June.
UnitedHealth Group’s first-quarter earnings report Tuesday will mark the health-care giant’s first major public comments since a cyberattack on its Change Healthcare billing and payments subsidiary in February, which has led to the largest disruption in U.S. health...