Lessons From CMS Relief Funding After Cyberattack On Change Healthcare
After the 2024 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, CMS distributed $3.3 billion to providers experiencing revenue disruptions, including $2.2 billion to hospitals. We found that the opt-in, one-size-fits-all nature of this relief funding simultaneously resulted in overpayments to many participating hospitals and underparticipation by many hospitals that had likely been disrupted by the cyberattack.
Authors
- Timothy J. Beebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4700-2436)
- Caitlin E. Carroll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3759-5920)
- Hannah T. Neprash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-4139)
- Govinda Yost
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Carroll University (US)
- Beebe Healthcare (US)
- University of Aosta Valley (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00990
- Primary Topic
- Information and Cyber Security
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00