Four takeaways from Change cyberattack

Bob Chaput Clearwater — Bob Chaput, founder of Clearwater

Nashville-based Change Healthcare suffered the biggest cyberattack in recent memory, but it remains to be seen if what happened will, in fact, change the way health care companies protect themselves.

The company is fielding pushback from several directions.

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