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UnitedHealth’s cyberattack should be a ‘wake-up call’ for healthcare

UnitedHealth’s cyberattack should be a ‘wake-up call’ for healthcare

The US Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced Tuesday it would help doctors and hospitals find alternate claims processing platforms in order to help reboot the flow of business after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group (UNH) subsidiary crippled operations of a large swath of America’s health systems for the past two weeks. The cyberattack on Feb. 21 paralyzed Change Healthcare, which is used by hospitals, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies to process payments and prior… Source link

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‘We are not looking to build the entire healthcare delivery ecosystem’

‘We are not looking to build the entire healthcare delivery ecosystem’

The role of retail players in healthcare, like CVS (CVS), Walmart (WMT) and now Amazon (AMZN), is being closely watched by investors and clinicians alike. In its latest earnings, CVS emphasized a continued strategy in health services, even as competitor Walgreens (WBA) has signaled a pullback. Through its recent acquisitions of home health provider Signify, and primary care provider for seniors Oak Street, CVS is continuing to look for ways to create a closed loop for patients within its own… Source link

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