In 2022, UnitedHealth Group's Optum division completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, further expanding the company's technological and financial footprint in the healthcare sector. In early 2024, Change Healthcare faced a significantransomwareattack that disrupted payment processing and healt...
For example, Health First, an integrated delivery network in central Florida, was one of the many organizations impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack and credited its TPRM strategies for getting it through the incident. Health First CISO Kimberly Alkirepreviously toldHealthITSecurityth...
On June 7, 2024, the federal JPML centralized the 49 lawsuits filed against Change Healthcare in federal court in Minnesota where UHG is headquartered. These lawsuits accuse its payment processing unit of failing to protect personal data from the February cyberattack. Of the total lawsuits, 1...
“I’ve been sounding the alarm about cybersecurity in the healthcare sector for some time. It was only a matter of time before we saw a major attack that disrupted the ability to care for patients nationwide,” said Warner, a member of the Senate Finance Committee and co-chair of the ...
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UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit is buying Change Healthcare for $7.8 billion in cash plus $5 billion in debt in a deal that is expected to close in the second half of the year, the two companies said Wednesday. The companies said the deal is aimed at simplifying certain processes in pa...
The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication.
but many other organizations in the health care sector. Change Healthcare provides payment clearinghouse services for a significant chunk of health care providers in the U.S., along with other services, and the ransomware attack has affected the ability of providers to submit claims, fill prescript...
The cyberattack has also disrupted payment of claims at the health system, which has reduced cash on-hand. The chief medical officer of Davis Health System says the Change Healthcare cyberattack has affected patient care and revenue cycle at the health system. According to an American Hos...
Tennessee-based Change Healthcare is majority owned by Blackstone Group (BX). The new company will be able to offer managed care companies technologies for financial and payment solutions as well as tools for administrative and clinical management, said McKesson, which has a market value of about...