The media is focused on breaches of patient data privacy while Optum is downplaying the crisis, attempting to spin the situation as under control. But the problem is far greater than patient claims at the pharmacy counter, as shown on Optum/Change Healthcare’s enterprise update page. Change Healthcare processes 15 billion pharmacy claims annually and its reach extends to “technology for revenue cycle and payment management to multiple sectors within the healthcare industry”.
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