Valley medical clinics, pharmacists grappling with nationwide cyberattack

PHOENIX — A cyberattack in late February is still causing problems for clinics and pharmacies all over the Valley. Medical providers are telling ABC15 they have never seen anything like this before as hackers wreak havoc on the healthcare industry nationwide. Hackers infiltrated United Health Group Inc.’s technology company Change Healthcare, which transmits data between providers and insurance companies. “They are responsible for processing payments for probably about 25 percent of everything that happens healthcare-related in the country,” said Dr. Janice Johnston, the chief medical officer at Redirect Health. The...