Optum Lawsuit on Behalf of Service Providers

Optum Lawsuit on Behalf of Service Providers

Audet & Partners, LLP is investigating claims as part of an Optum Lawsuit on behalf of medical service providers potentially impacted by the recent outage targeting Change Healthcare and Optum, both subsidiaries UnitedHealth Group.  We are actively investigating potential legal claims stemming from these cyberattacks, which have caused a wide-range impact on the healthcare sector, pharmacy, and revenue cycle operations.

Change Healthcare processes 15 billion healthcare transactions annually and deals with one in every three patient records, according to this letter from the American Hospital Association. Change Healthcare uses Optum, a payment processing company, in its day-to-day activities as a core clinical, administrative, and payment process system that healthcare providers and payers depend on to serve patients.

Healthcare providers have reported challenges since the cyberattack, giving rise to potential claims for damages as part of an Optum Lawsuit including problems receiving payment from patients and insurers, verifying coverage, submitting prior authorization requests, or exchanging clinical records. Due to Change’s outage, patients have also reported challenges receiving their prescriptions and being able to pay for their medications, potentially risking patients’ health.

The Optum lawsuit arising from this cyberattack outage may allege violations of federal and state laws. Healthcare organizations like Change Healthcare and Optum have a legal obligation to safeguard patient information from unauthorized access or disclosure, and failure to do so may give rise to claims of negligence and breach of duty.

If you believe you have been affected by the Change Healthcare or Optum outage and are interested in exploring your claims for damages as part of the Optum Lawsuit, you are urged to contact Audet & Partners, LLP for a free, confidential case evaluation.  You can contact us by completing and submitting the confidential inquiry form or by giving us a call at 800.965.1461.