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Change Healthcare's temporary funding program 'not even a Band-Aid,' AHA says
The American Hospital Association called Change Healthcare's temporary funding program for providers affected by the cyberattack on the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary inadequate, while a U.S. Senate leader asked CMS to speed up payments to hospitals. -
Healthcare sector faces 'elevated' risks amid US cultural strife
The risks to healthcare facilities and their staff are on the rise and are expected to remain at heightened levels due to divisive cultural issues such as abortion, gender-related care and lingering tensions from discussions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ABC News reported March 4. -
Change Healthcare offers funding program, prescribing workaround after cyberattack: 7 updates
Optum's Change Healthcare continued to deal with outages March 1, nine days after a ransomware attack took its systems offline. Here are seven updates. -
The ransomware groups targeting healthcare
Russia-based ransomware gang ALPHV/Blackcat, aka BlackCat, has made headlines due to its attack on Change Healthcare, but the group has been targeting healthcare for a while. -
Not just hospitals, pharmacies: Change Healthcare hack hits physician practices hard
It's not just hospitals and pharmacies that have been disrupted by the cyberattack on Optum's Change Healthcare — physician practices have been hit hard too. -
Double your cybersecurity spending, CIO warns amid Change Healthcare attack
What does the Change Healthcare ransomware incident mean for healthcare organizations? Doubling your cybersecurity spending, according to one health system CIO. -
When ransomware strikes, who to call?
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There's another expense that doesn't come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause. -
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware attack, hackers claim massive data haul
Optum's Change Healthcare confirmed Feb. 29 that it was hacked by a ransomware gang after the group claimed to have stolen massive amounts of data. -
The main concern for hospitals amid Change Healthcare outage
What is the main concern for hospitals and health systems when it comes to the Change Healthcare attack? The potential impact to patient care and safety, John Riggi, the American Hospital Association's national adviser for cybersecurity and risk, told Becker's. -
35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare
Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard. -
Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say
The ransomware group linked to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare is also targeting hospitals, the FBI and HHS warned Feb. 27. -
Ransomware group behind Lurie Children's hack seeks $3.4M
A ransomware gang that has targeted the healthcare sector has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and is attempting to sell its data for $3.4 million, The Record reported Feb. 27. -
AHA says Change Healthcare attack may impact hospital finances
The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the HHS about the Change Healthcare attack stating that the incident may have "an immediate adverse impact on hospitals' finances." -
Cyber framework cuts healthcare insurance premium hikes
Healthcare organizations utilizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework as their primary framework experienced smaller increases in cyber insurance premiums than those not employing the NIST CSF, a Feb. 27 report from KLAS found. -
Cigna affected by Prospect Medical breach
Some of Cigna's policyholder information has been compromised due to a 2023 cyberattack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Hartford Business Journal reported Feb. 27. -
UnitedHealth says most pharmacies have 'effective workarounds' amid Change cyberattack
UnitedHealth Group estimates 90% of the 70,000-plus pharmacies in the U.S. using Change Healthcare's platform have modified electronic claims processing to mitigate effects of the cybersecurity incident that hit the company last week. -
Ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare attack: Report
The BlackCat ransomware gang is claiming responsibility for an attack on Change Healthcare, TheRegister reported Feb. 26. -
Children's hospital asks patients to bring printed documents amid cyberattack
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago advised patients to bring in printed copies of insurance cards and medication lists as it continues to deal with a cyberattack. -
'An attack on the entire sector': Fallout from Change Healthcare hack continues
Change Healthcare said Feb. 26 that it expects the cybersecurity incident that has disrupted its payment and pharmacy processing operations to last at least through the day. -
Financial risks for UnitedHealth after Change Healthcare cyberattack: Moody's
UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare has fallen victim to a cyberattack, marking a credit-negative event for the company, according to Moody's.
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