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The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), along with 39 medical providers from multiple states, filed a class action lawsuit on Friday against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries Change Healthcare and Optum for losses resulting from the massive cyber-attack earlier this year. UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six other class action lawsuits as a result of this data breach.
The NCPA, which represents over 19,400 pharmacies that employ more than 230,000 employees, and providers allege they are still waiting for delayed payments as a result of the massive ransomware attack that shut down Change Healthcare for months. This shutdown allegedly affected their ability to make payroll and purchase medical supplies.
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