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UnitedHealth Group demands repayment from practices to which it loaned money following the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business.
Its Optum division is warning practices that they must repay in full or risk…
Matt Manning, Sr. Director of Operations for Health Systems at Omnicell
To meet the rising demand for drugs to treat rare and chronic conditions, the industry’s largest players (e.g., CVS Health, Cigna, and UnitedHealth Group)…
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Calli Dretke, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at CHIME, asks a question of Lisa Gallagher, National Cybersecurity Advisor at CHIME, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, during the ViVE conference in…
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It’s been nearly one year since reports started emerging that Change Healthcare, the enormous clearinghouse, was experiencing a significant cyberattack.The company – which processes claims for hundreds of thousands of physicians, pharmacies and others,…
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UnitedHealth Group increases its estimate of individuals impacted by a February 2024 ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare division from 100 million to 190 million, affecting nearly half of all Americans.
The company…
Here is some of the notable M&A activity that occurred among healthcare providers in Q4 2024:
UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys
In November, the Department of Justice released a statement announcing its intent to block UnitedHealth Group’s…
Essential Healthcare Industry Transformations Revealed 2024
Major Cybersecurity Challenges
The healthcare sector faced unprecedented cybersecurity challenges in 2024, with UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare experiencing a devastating ransomware attack. This incident impacted approximately 100 million individuals’ personal…
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The Wall Street Journal reports that UnitedHealth Group has significantly increased its Medicare Advantage payments by electronically prompting its employed and affiliated doctors to add new diagnoses.
Patient sickness scores rose by 55%…
GPT-enabled conversational AI provider Hyro announced it finalized an extension of its Series B funding round. The company told MobiHealthNews that the total Series B funding equates to $35 million, bringing the company’s total…
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What You Should Know:
– After a five-day manhunt, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been apprehended. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old computer scientist with a history of anti-corporate sentiment,…
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