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.UnitedHealth Group reaffirms financial outlook despite up to $1.6B hit from Change Healthcare cyberattack, which CEO claims would've been much worse if UnitedHealth didn't own Change.

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.UnitedHealth Group CFO says on Q1 earnings call company estimates Change #cyberattack will have total direct costs of between $1 billion & $1.15 billion this year.

Reminder that UnitedHealth projects $400 billion in rev this year.

The country's biggest #hospital chain, HCA, told CMS it spent ~$1 billion more on charity care than it reported to shareholders, helping it draw more taxpayer $ from safety-net programs

“This is the underbelly of the health care system.'

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Sorry, *formerly* PE owned!

Struggling private equity-owned #hospital chain Steward plans to sell its doctor network to UnitedHealth Group's Optum subsidiary to shore up finances

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NEW with Tara Bannow:

Over a dozen provider/groups told us that UnitedHealth offered them loans as low as <1% of their weekly claims.

But now, a few providers have gotten up to 7-figure loan offers

It's unclear why, but follows a White House mtg w UHG:
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Since its U.S. FDA approval in fall 2022, the ALS drug Relyvrio has generated $381 million in revenue & $49 million in profit for its manufacturer, Amylyx.

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If you've found yourself wondering 'What the heck is Change Healthcare anyway?', you may want to give Bob Herman's latest a read. It's a look at what Change does and why the cyberattack outage is having such sweeping impacts.

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I've heard from a few providers that their UnitedHealth loan offers — from the program I reported yesterday — are coming in at 1% or less of what they normally get in claims from Change

Has this happened to you?

✉️Email me: [email protected]

UnitedHealth is setting up a loan program to pay providers during the outage caused by the Change cyberattack, which could last weeks

Nice scoop from Brittany Trang STAT

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