"Healthcare Cyberattacks: Impact on Prescription Access and Patient Care"
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is causing nationwide disruptions in prescription access and payment processing for hospitals and pharmacies. The attack, allegedly perpetrated by a Russian-speaking ransomware group known as Blackcat, has impacted every hospital in the country, leading to rejected insurance claims and billing challenges. Change Healthcare has established workarounds for payment, but systems remain down, particularly affecting smaller hospitals with limited resources. UnitedHealth has not provided an estimate for when its systems will return to normal, and the FBI is investigating the incident.