Posted 3/1/2024, 12:39:18 PM
Small Health Care Providers Face Financial Crisis After Cyberattack Disrupts Reimbursements
- Small health care providers facing financial pressures as reimbursement systems remain down after Change Healthcare cyberattack
- Doctors unable to check patient eligibility, fill prescriptions electronically, or receive reimbursements
- Practices struggling to pay for operational expenses like payroll and medical supplies
- Uncertainty around when systems will be back online and how backlog of claims will be handled
- Possibility that some small practices may be forced to close if outage continues