01/16/2026
From DPCNews.com: If you’re not up to speed, Change Healthcare (clearinghouse for United Healthcare) was the target of a massive cyber attack. This attack has halted their ability to process claims. Therefore, they have not paid out their daily average of $4.1 billion to the physicians and other healthcare providers, such as pharmacies in hospitals, in nearly 3 weeks.
Despite not paying their contracted providers, they are still collecting insurance premiums. Let that sink in.
They are offering a meager $4000 loan (LOAN!) to some offices that submit monthly claims as high as $500,000. Statements reassuring providers that they will be made whole are nowhere to be found.
Yet another reason to choose Direct Primary Care. I'm untouched by this! But other small clinics might be going under!
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Payment disruptions continue to add up after Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, reported what it initially called a cybersecurity "issue" last month.