In the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, a U.S. senator has introduced legislation allowing for advance and accelerated payment to impacted health care providers who, along with their vendors, meet minimum cybersecurity standards.
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UnitedHealth Hopes to Restore Change Healthcare Services by Mid-March
UnitedHealth Group said it hopes to have much of Change Healthcare systems back up and running by mid-March, weeks after a ransomware attack took out the nation’s largest healthcare claims payment processing firm.
UnitedHealth Group to Take $7 Billion Charge in Sale of Brazil Unit Amil
UnitedHealth Group Inc. said in a regulatory filing it has entered into an agreement to sell its operations in Brazil to a private investor.
Amazon, UnitedHealth, CVS Health Bid for Signify Health: Sources
Amazon.com Inc, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and CVS Health Corp are bidding separately for home health services provider Signify Health Inc Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Amazon’s reported interest is the latest sign of the e-retailer’s ambitions in healthcare, and comes a month after it agreed to buy One… Continue reading Amazon, UnitedHealth, CVS Health Bid for Signify Health: Sources
UnitedHealth Forecast for 2021 Is Designed by the Coronavirus
UnitedHealth has debuted a lower-than-expected 2021 earnings forecast partly due to the unknown extent of COVID-19’s impact on the health care system. The nation’s largest health insurance provider said Tuesday that it expects to take a hit in the new year from treatment and testing costs tied to the pandemic. It believes it may see… Continue reading UnitedHealth Forecast for 2021 Is Designed by the Coronavirus