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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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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Walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan this morning, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in what law enforcement officers have called a targeted…
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare via UnitedHealth Group
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– Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was tragically shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred outside the New York…
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UnitedHealth Group’s HHS OCR breach notice filing indicates that the information of 100 million Americans was exposed in Change Healthcare’s February 2024 ransomware attach.
The company had previously said only that the cyberattack…
