Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Some larger health systems are losing more than $100 million a day due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack, one cybersecurity firm estimated, causing industry associations to continue to urge action.

The Nebraska Hospital Association has received patient reports that scammers are reaching out and claiming to be representatives from state hospitals amid the ongoing challenges that Optum's Change Healthcare has faced since a ransomware attack took the company offline on…

BlackCat, the Russian ransomware gang behind the Change Healthcare cyberattack, had its website go down, CyberScoop reported March 1. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins said it has heightened security protocols amid Change Healthcare's cyberattack. 

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.

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,…

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.

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. 

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.

What does the Change Healthcare ransomware incident mean for healthcare organizations? Doubling your cybersecurity spending, according to one health system CIO.