At Investment Conferences, Insurer Execs Discuss Cyberattack, Care Utilization

  • Mar 08, 2024

    Speaking at two health care investment conferences on March 5, executives at three major health insurance companies noted that they had been affected by the ongoing cyberattack on Change Healthcare, the nation’s leading processor of medical claims. However, they noted that it is still too early to assess how the Change attack will affect their first-quarter results. 

    The companies — CVS Health Corp., Elevance Health, Inc. and Humana Inc. — each reaffirmed their financial guidance for the year while addressing investors. They admitted, though, that they do not have as much information on claims and utilization as usual due to the Change outage that was discovered on Feb. 21.  

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  • Tim Casey

    Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

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