Philadelphia-area physicians are still scrambling to recover from cyberattack on Change Healthcare

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Temple University Health System and the University of Pennsylvania Health System said they have been able adjust their operations and get past early disruptions.

UnitedHealth Group, based in Minneapolis, owns Change Healthcare, the nation's largest clearinghouse for health-care claims processing and related services. A Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change has had widespread repercussions across the U.S. health care industry.

Independence Health Group, the largest health insurer in the Philadelphia region, has seen the impact. “This attack has had a profound impact on the health care ecosystem, with impacts ranging from provider access to prior authorization processes to day-to-day reimbursements,” Insurance Commissioner Mike Humphreys said Thursday in a news release.

 

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