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Infographic: 5 Financial Impacts of the Change Healthcare Attack

Analysis  |  By Jay Asser  
   March 18, 2024

Hospitals' bottom lines are under duress as a result of the crippling cyberattack.

The ramifications of the Change Healthcare cyberattack are wide-reaching, causing hospitals everywhere to weather the financial effects.

The subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group experienced the outage last month and since then, providers have had to pick up the pieces during a time when many organizations are already struggling with low operating margins.

Here’s a look at five numbers that illustrate the financial impact of the attack, based on survey responses from nearly 1,000 hospitals collected by the American Hospital Association:

Jay Asser is the contributing editor for strategy at HealthLeaders. 


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