Change Healthcare retained leading cybersecurity and data analysis experts to assist in the investigation, which began on February 21, 2024. On March 7, 2024, Change Healthcare was able to confirm that a substantial quantity of data had been exfiltrated from its environment between February 17,...
The digital health sector faces increasing scrutiny as data privacy concerns heighten among consumers and policymakers alike. All eyes are now on the **Consolidated Change Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit**, which recently commenced its initial conference,
Change Healthcare, a company that handles orders and patient payments throughout the U.S., first noticed the "cyber security issue" affecting its networks on Wednesday morning on the East Coast. The company is a division of UnitedHealth Group, which wrote in an SEC filing...
If covered entities work with Change Healthcare to perform the required breach notifications in a manner consistent with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, they would not have additional HIPAA breach notification obligatio...
From CVS Health to independently owned practices, providers across the country are facing significant operational challenges as the Change Healthcare outages continue.
“HIPAA regulated entities affected by this incident should contact Change Healthcare and UHG with any questions on how HIPAA breach notification will occur,” the FAQ concluded. OCR said it would update its FAQ page as needed.
Last week, the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA), held a hearing on the fallout of the Change Healthcare cyber breach. According to KFF Health News, the attack was first made public on February 21, 2024, and ...
据路透社2月22日报道,全球最大的保险集团联合健康遭受网络攻击,旗下技术部门Change Healthcare遭到黑客攻击,系统连接出现问题,且波及CVS Health、沃尔格林等美国一些连锁药店和独立药店,更有甚者,处于世界各地的军事医疗中心下属的药店也受影响,一时间,药店的业务运营出现中断,患者也无法获取处方和药品。
UnitedHealth blamed the breach on a Russian ransomware gang known as ALPHV or BlackCat. The group itself claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging it stole more than six terabytes of data, including "sensitive" medical records, from Change Healthcare, which processes health insurance claims ...
A thorough forensic analysis with Alphabet’s cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks is underway, UnitedHealth said, without providing additional details about the source of the data breach. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services opened an investigation in...