Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Implements Contingency Plan to Overcome National Clearinghouse Outage
FORT MYERS, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the cyberattack and subsequent outage of Change Healthcare, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) stands resolute in its commitment to patient care and safety. Change Healthcare, the nation's largest clearinghouse for prescriptions, shut down its prescription processing system impacting over 900,000 physicians, 67,000 pharmacies, and 5,500 hospitals in the United States, including FCS and its medically integrated pharmacy, Rx To Go, LLC. Despite the challenges imposed by Change Healthcare's outage, the FCS and Rx To Go dedicated teams remained steadfast in delivering the highest standard of care to patients.
- FORT MYERS, Fla., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the cyberattack and subsequent outage of Change Healthcare, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) stands resolute in its commitment to patient care and safety.
- Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute and Rx To Go respond to Change Healthcare cyberattack and shutdown.
- As FCS learned of the shutdown, a comprehensive contingency plan was put in place to ensure that patient care continues with minimal disruption.
- To overcome the lasting effects from this attack on the medical community, it will require industry-wide collaborative efforts and interventions.