Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices

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Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice – stop treating patients or stop paying staff. The attack, which was disclosed on Feb. 21, shut down the system that many doctors depend on to verify insurance coverage, file claims and get paid, sparking a campaign by…