PYMNTS.com March 10, 2024
The White House wants UnitedHealth Group to speed payments to healthcare providers following a recent cyberattack.
In an open letter published Sunday (March 10), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor urged UnitedHealth to take steps to help providers in the wake of last month’s attack on the company’s Change Healthcare business.
Those measures include ensuring “expedited delivery of funds to impacted providers for all receiving advance payment” from UnitedHealthcare and communicating “more frequently and more transparently, both within the health care community and with state Medicaid agencies.”
The letter also urged insurers to make interim payments to affected providers, noting that larger payers have the balance sheets stable enough to advance payments.
“While...
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