2024-07-23
21 分钟The hack on Change Healthcare left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers without the ability to obtain insurance approval or payment for everything from prescriptions to surgeries, and it shed new light on a part of the health care system that is often overlooked. Dan Weissmann, the host of An Arm and a Leg podcast, speaks with reporters Brittany Trang of STAT News and Maureen Tkacik of The American Prospect about the hack and what it is telling us about antitrust concerns in the health care industry.
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When Brittany Trang first heard about the ransomware attack on change healthcare back in February, she didn't give it much thought.
I was like, that sounds like a startup.
And I was like, who cares about some sort of health tech startup?
After a little digging, Brittany, who's a health tech reporter at STAT News, realized that she may have gotten it all wrong.
Change healthcare wasn't some stupid startup.
It was one of the backbones of the healthcare industry.
I finally clicked on the link, and I was like, oh, no, this is a big deal.
This touches most of the american healthcare system.
Today on click here, we're doing something a little different.
We're going to give you a little taste of a podcast we love called an arm and a leg.
It's produced in partnership with KFF Health News.
And in this episode, they take a look at the hack everyone is still talking about, the hack that brought hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors offices all over the country to a screeching halt.
That is, until Change Healthcare's parent company, United Health Group, agreed to pay a multimillion dollar ransom.
You paid a ransomware, correct.
To the hackers?
That's correct.