Disrupted the payment and claims process for providers. He apologized for the chaos resulting from the cyber attack. This is about two hours and 15 minutes. In 20 [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance committee examined the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Healthcare System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million individuals across all lines of business, insurance, physician practice, home health, and pharmacy. With its profits, uhg has purchased dozens of other Health Care Companies and is the largest purchaser of physician practices. This corporation is a health care leviathan. I believe the bigger the company, the bigger the re
Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th
Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th
Paid to the state under this subsection in a manner consistent with the description provided by the state in its application approved under paragraph 1 , the administrator may withhold payments, reduce payments, or recover previous payments to the state under this subsection as the administrator deems appropriate. d flexibility in submittal of claims. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing a state from claiming as expenditures in the year expenditures that were incurred in a previous year. 6 required uses. a premium stabilization and incentives for individual market participation. In determining allotments for states under this subsection for each of calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the administrator shall ensure that at least 5,000,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for each such year under paragraph 4 a are used by states for the purposes described in paragraph 1 a ii and in accordance with guidance issued by the administrator not later than 30 days after th
A good morning to you. This is al Jazeera America. Im here from new york. Good to have you with us. Well talk about the extreme weather conditions. They are having an impact on much of the country. A series of tornadoses touched down in the midwest. A blizzard causes problems. And Tropical Storm karen is moving in on the gulf coast. More wild weather is expected throughout the weekend. Now for more. At least six tornados touched down in the midwest friday as highpowered winds rolled through parts of nebraska, south dakota and iowa. It was two miles wide in nebraska. Causing damage, ripping up trees. What in the world. Come down. The next thing i know the yard looks like a bomb went off. More than a dozen people were injured during the twisters. Nebraskas governor issued an emergency declaration, making it eligible for federal assistance. In neighbouring iowa a milewide torn tornados cut through. Blizzards were in south dakota, wyonging making a foot of snow. Heavy wet snow is expected