The federal government has issued additional warnings that international ransomware groups are targeting American medical infrastructure to exploit vulnerabilities and disrupt American business for financial gain. But regulations and enforcement around how cybersecurity should be implemented by healthcare entities may fall short of what...
In a quarterly earnings call with investors this week, UnitedHealth Group (UHG) leaders revealed that the company sustained even more damage from the Change Healthcare cyberattack last February than was initially anticipated. At close of the second-quarter (Q2), the insurance titan stated that it expected to lose $1.9 billion after...
This week saw further fallout from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, this time affecting local Arizona providers and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data submission window. On Wednesday, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) launched an investigation of Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group (UHG) focused on whether a...
