In a March 22 letter to congressional leadership, America’s Essential Hospitals urged Congress to take swift, definitive action in the aftermath of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
The letter encourages Congress to engage with stakeholders and pass comprehensive legislation that would prioritize help to essential hospitals as they face the crisis and protect them from future such attacks. It also highlighted how essential hospitals are particularly impacted by such attacks, with margins significantly lower than the rest of acute-care hospitals.