Several pharmacy groups joined several healthcare providers in suing Change Healthcare over the March cyberattack on their system that left it vulnerable to cyberattacks. There is an allegation that some healthcare providers will still have to wait for delayed payments before they will be paid for their services.
There are over 19,000 pharmacies in the country and the National Community Pharmacist Association (NCPA) represents them.
Along with 30+ providers, the NCPA asserted that UnitedHealth Group, its subsidiaries Optum, and Change Healthcare could have been more proactive in preventing the cyberattack by implementing multi-factor authentication on the server that the hackers were able to gain access to.
According to the lawsuit filed by 39 healthcare providers and the National Community Pharmacists Association, they have not been able to recover financial damages from the Change Healthcare cyberattack that took place this year.
Plaintiffs have filed a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, Optum, and Change Healthcare, in response to the cyberattack that occurred this year at Change Healthcare.
In the wake of the February 21 cyberattack, Change retired from having to process claims payments for hospitals and physician practices, affecting the revenue of providers and creating financial instability that could lead to some practices filing for bankruptcy. An attack in February resulted in the theft of six terabytes of patient information, such as Social Securi
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