"Healthcare Cyberattack Paralysis: White House Urges Advanced Payments to Providers"

The Biden administration summoned UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty and other health industry leaders to address the ongoing national health payment crisis caused by a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth. The administration urged UnitedHealth to provide emergency funding to affected health-care providers and pressed for more transparency in handling the situation. Meanwhile, health-care groups are struggling to fund their operations as the payment paralysis enters its third week, prompting concerns about the potential threat to some organizations' existence. Federal officials have taken steps to release emergency funds for affected providers, but the crisis has raised cybersecurity concerns and highlighted the vulnerability of the U.S. health system to cyberattacks.