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Concept illustration of the 150-bed Dearborn mental health hospital
(Rendering: Universal Health Services) Beaumont Health has a fresh controversy, linked to its partnership with a Pennsylvania behavioral health company named Universal Health Services (UHS). The Royal Oak-based network of eight Metro Detroit hospitals has a joint venture agreement with UHS to build a 150-bed Dearborn psychiatric facility. Detroit Free Press report Jennifer Dixon reports in a subscriber-only article that UHS settled 19 whistleblower lawsuits in 2020 that had alleged patient mistreatment and fraud. Universal agreed to pay $122 million to the federal government and participating states, including Michigan. . In a statement to the Detroit Free Press, Universal said it unequivocally disputes any allegation that it engaged in wrongdoing of any kind.
“I guess I’m jaded,” said internet guardian Ori Eisen.
When he said it, I thought I detected just a hint of amusement at my question.
I had asked if the Colonial Pipeline episode could be a blessing in disguise – the event that finally wakes up America to the threat hackers pose to our critical infrastructure.
“We’ve had so many wake-up calls by now,” he said. “That’s the problem.”
The impact of the Colonial Pipeline attack cannot be understated. Hackers seized up the largest conduit of gasoline in the United States, a 5,500-mile pipeline network that provides 45% of East Coast fuel. They triggered a 1970s-like run on gas stations in seven Southern states.
The RaaS that crippled Colonial Pipeline lost the servers it uses to pull off (and get paid for) ransomware attacks, while REvil’s gonads shrank in response.