The knock-on effects of the seismic Change Healthcare cyberattack continue with affected providers hamstrung in their ability to file claims with payers. Prescriptions and drug treatments are postponed for the patients who need them….
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ViVE 2024: Enthusiasm Mixed with Caution Around InteroperabilityBy John Blair, MD
A. John Blair III, MD is CEO of MedAllies of Fishkill, NY.
As a first-time attendee of digital healthcare conference ViVE, I…
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Fallout from last month’s Change Healthcare cyberattack and its impact on healthcare delivery nationwide continued this week, with providers waiting with bated breath to find out when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would…
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Cybersecurity analysts surmise from underground forum chatter and evidence of a Bitcoin deposit that Change Healthcare may have paid a $24 million ransom to the BlackCat ransomware group on March 1.
They also…
A number of my physician friends still work for independent medical practices, which is a bit surprising given recent market forces that have been challenging even for the most well run of them. Now…
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Change Healthcare executives hint that the company’s ransomware-crippled data exchange systems could remain down for weeks, as the financial and operational impact on provides ripples throughout the industry.
Parent company UnitedHealth Group has…
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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This year’s HIMSS24 is turning the spotlight to an issue of increasing importance – cybersecurity – with the daylong Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, March 11, hosted by Erik Decker, chief information security officer…
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Healthcare institutions face unprecedented challenges amid escalating cyber conflicts. Federal agencies confirm sustained attacks on healthcare organizations following the seizure of infrastructure belonging to the Blackcat cyber terror group. The revised joint ALPHV Blackcat…
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A ransomware group claims that its cyberattack against Change Healthcare yielded 8 terabytes of data from every provider that sends data to Change, including medical records, insurance records, and data from active military…
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