(Reuters) – UnitedHealth (NYSE:) CEO Andrew Witty will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on May 1 about a recent cyberattack on the company’s technology unit and its impact on patients and healthcare providers, the company said. Energy and Commerce Committee Friday.
The hack at Change Healthcare (NASDAQ:), a provider of healthcare billing and data systems, on February 21 disrupted payments to physicians and healthcare facilities across the country for a month.
“We look forward to learning more about what happened leading up to and in the weeks following the attack,” said Cathy Rodgers, chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Morgan Griffith, chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations .
“This hearing will help inform the committee as we continue to work on solutions that protect the health and well-being of all Americans.”
Individuals and smaller providers in particular have suffered financial hardship as a result of the cyberattack, threatening critical access for patients, she added.
Earlier this week, UnitedHealth said it expects the hack to cost the company up to $1.6 billion this year.
