Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: More than 100 medical associations and industry groups representing tens of thousands of U.S. doctors and healthcare professionals have banded together to urge federal regulators to hold Change Healthcare responsible for breach notifications related to a massive February ransomware attack. The groups in a letter Monday asked the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Negotiating with health care hackers
Ben Leonard and Chelsea Cirruzzo of Politico report: YOU’VE BEEN HACKED. NOW WHAT? Health care companies are retaining help — often from Silicon Valley — to manage ransomware attacks. The debilitating breaches at Change Healthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group, in February and Ascension last month come as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of a specific…
Lawsuits mount and cyberattack could cost UnitedHealth Group up to $1.6B this year
Christopher Snowbeck of the Star Tribune in Minnesota is doing some great reporting on the Change Healthcare UnitedHealth Group cyberattack. Yesterday, he did a write-up on a Minneapolis therapy clinic suing Change Healthcare. He reports, in part: Twin Cities Counseling says it hasn’t been able to submit payment claims for more than 100 appointments —…
Minneapolis therapy clinic sues over cyberattack at UnitedHealth subsidiary
Christopher Snowbeck reports on how the Change Healthcare attack has affected one clinic in Minnesota. His report provides a good illustration of the issues raised by a recent AMA survey of some physicians, reported here previously. From his reporting: Twin Cities Counseling says it hasn’t been able to submit payment claims for more than 100…
Prominent US senator sees new momentum for healthcare cybersecurity push
Eric Geller reports: As U.S. hospitals struggle to pay their employees amid a cyberattack that knocked out a major payment vendor, a powerful Democratic senator is seizing the moment to push for better security in the sorely vulnerable healthcare sector. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has introduced legislation that would require hospitals and their technology vendors…
AHA seeks guidance on reporting breaches linked to Change cyberattack
Naomi Diaz reports: The American Hospital Association sent a letter to the HHS urging them to clarify whether hospitals and health systems should be providing breach notification to patients if protected health information is compromised due to the Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare. The March 21 letter, penned to Melanie Fontes Rainer, acting director of the…