(Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday a service provided by its Change Healthcare unit was facing an issue receiving batches of medical claims from customers.
A fix has been implemented and is being monitored to ensure operability, Optum, a unit of UnitedHealth which operates Change, said in a statement.
UnitedHealth did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the severity of the issue. It was not clear if the latest incident was related to a widespread hack in February.
The company was still working on resuming operations that were disrupted by the February hack, and on Tuesday said it expects a hit of up to $1.6 billion this year from the cyber attack.
(Reporting by Leroy Leo and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
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