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UMMC Revenue Fell 20% After Ransomware Attack Shut Clinics for Nine Days
UMMC faced a nine-day system outage from a ransomware attack that delayed 650 surgeries and caused a $34.2 million revenue shortfall, hospital officials said.
- In February, the University of Mississippi Medical Center reported revenue fell about 20% below budget, missing roughly $34.2 million of an expected $194.1 million.
- Security reporting shows the suspected Russia-linked Medusa ransomware-as-a-service claimed responsibility and threatened to expose UMMC data unless an $800,000 ransom was paid, while UMMC said the incident remains under investigation.
- Clinic operations were disrupted when statewide clinics affiliated with UMMC closed and staff used paper charts for nine days, delaying approximately 650 surgeries until March 2.
- To address the backlog, UMMC has extended clinic and operating room hours, and Sinclair says net income is about $65 million behind budget for the year, with all charges expected to be processed by the end of March.
- During the Feb. 18 transplant, clinicians completed Wade Watts' surgery amid the outage, with his family praising their care despite electronic system failures.
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UMMC delivers life-saving transplant during system outage - Daily Leader
Late one evening, Wade Watts received the call he had been waiting for: a donor liver was available. He and his wife, Sara, had to be at the hospital the next morning. “My transplant coordinator, Anna, called around 7 the night before surgery,” Wade said. “I thought she was calling to change my labwork time, which I thought was odd given it was after her normal working hours. Instead, she told me they had found a match and to be at hospital ad…
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