What You Should Know:
– UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the Optum health services division, announced the closure of its Optum Virtual Care business, Endpoints News first reports. Optum Virtual Care offered 24/7 access…
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Sources say that members of the BlackCat ransomware group broke into Change Healthcare’s systems nine days before initiating the February 21 ransomware attack, using stolen employee credentials to log in to a remote…
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What You Should Know:
– A recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey reveals the ongoing crippling effects of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on physician practices across the United States.
– The survey was conducted after UnitedHealth…
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A second ransomware group – likely a disgruntled affiliate of the Blackcat/ALPHV group – threatens UnitedHealth Group with the sale of data that was stolen during the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare…
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Senators Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) announced Friday that they wrote to UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty asking a series of questions relating to what they called UHG’s lack of…
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Six weeks have passed since Change Healthcare discovered it was hit by a cyberattack.
The Nashville-based company, part of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, is the nation’s largest claims and prescription processor, managing 15 billion transactions…
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Usman Choudhary, general manager, VIPRE Security Group
Here we go again. The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Another healthcare cyberattack has made the news and it’s a big one. UnitedHealth Group’s…
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UnitedHealth Group posts target dates for restoring Change Healthcare’s systems from its February 21 cyberattack.
UHG says that it restored its electronic payments platform on March 15 and is proceeding with payer implementations, noting…
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) swiftly responded to the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, paying out $2 billion in financial advances to support struggling healthcare providers. Amid federal investigations and calls for mandatory cybersecurity regulations, UHG is…
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As the fallout from the Change Healthcare ransomware attack heads into a second month, UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it’s paid $2 billion so far in financial advances for struggling providers and is testing…
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