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By Adrianne Appel2024-03-14T19:45:00
Change Healthcare, a health payment processor hit by a crippling cyberattack in February, is under investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
In an open letter intended for hospitals and healthcare offices published Wednesday, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said the agency was investigating whether Change Healthcare violated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules by not following breach notification requirements and properly safeguarding patient information.
Change Healthcare, a unit of Optum, which is owned by insurer UnitedHealth Group (UHG), processes 15 billion financial and other transactions annually for healthcare entities nationwide, from hospitals to pharmacies. The massive attack the company endured on Feb. 21 has meant health entities across the country have not been able to process electronic payments and records.
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2024-04-30T20:18:00Z By Adrianne Appel
UnitedHealth Group’s response to a major cyberattack in February that wreaked havoc with medical payments nationwide has been “inadequate” and must be improved immediately, a group of 22 state attorneys general told the company.
2024-04-23T21:03:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare has potentially compromised the personal and protected health information of an untold number of Americans, according to parent company UnitedHealth Group.
2024-04-19T11:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Health and Human Services partnered to create an online portal for the public to report instances of anticompetitive practices in the healthcare sector.
2024-07-02T20:35:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-02T13:50:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor over $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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