UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty was expected to offer an apology Wednesday for the February cyberattack that crippled much of the U.S. healthcare system, according to testimony prepared ahead of his likely grilling before Congress.
The AHA said that 94% of hospitals reported damage to cash flow and more than half reported significant or serious financial damage due to Change's inability to process claims.
Patients who are medically cleared to be discharged from a hospital continue to stay much longer than they need to largely because they cannot get the ongoing specialized care they require.
In what could be a harbinger of things to come for struggling rural hospitals, Mahnomen Health will transition its 10-bed hospital to a rural emergency center starting Wednesday.