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UnitedHealth (UNH) CEO Witty Defends Change Healthcare Deal After Cyberattack: UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty said the cyberattack ...
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UnitedHealth (UNH) CEO Witty Defends Change Healthcare Deal After ...
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Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status: The massive expansion of health insurance companies raises big questions about cost ...
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Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status
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UnitedHealth hack looms over first-quarter earnings report: UnitedHealth is expected to record higher medical costs in its first earnings report since a ...
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UnitedHealth hack looms over first-quarter earnings report
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Lawmakers target mergers in first hearing on Change Healthcare hack: There was some bipartisan agreement that the bulking up of health care giants has left the ...
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Lawmakers target mergers in first hearing on Change Healthcare hack
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Centene Jumps, Molina Slides With UNH Earnings On Tap: UnitedHealth earnings on Tuesday will offer an update on concerning medical utilization trends ...
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Centene Jumps, Molina Slides With UNH Earnings On Tap
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The Dow plunges 450 points as Tesla and health stocks sink while oil spikes: The crypto market was also bleeding, with Bitcoin dropping below $65,000
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The Dow plunges 450 points as Tesla and health stocks sink while oil ...
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Stock Market Today: Dow Sinks 396 Points as UnitedHealth Spirals: Large-cap healthcare stocks slumped after regulators set a disappointing reimbursement rate for ...
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Stock Market Today: Dow Sinks 396 Points as UnitedHealth Spirals
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Why Is UNH Stock Soaring After Earnings?: UNH stock is up 5% after UnitedHealth beat expectations for the first quarter. Here's what you need to know.
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Why Is UNH Stock Soaring After Earnings?
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Steward crisis: Lawmakers press regulators to scrutinize Optum plan to acquire Steward docs
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Steward crisis: Lawmakers press regulators to scrutinize Optum plan to ...
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Providers still navigating Change outage as systems are restored: Many providers are using workarounds to move claims seven weeks after UnitedHealth Group took ...
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Providers still navigating Change outage as systems are restored
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CVS, Humana and other health stocks are getting hit by lower than expected Medicare rates
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CVS, Humana and other health stocks are getting hit by lower than expected ...
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U.S. offers $10M reward for info on UnitedHealth hackers - UPI.com: The U.S. State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information identifying or ...
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U.S. offers $10M reward for info on UnitedHealth hackers - UPI.com
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Dow 40,000 Is Coming Any Day Now Thanks To 8 Stocks, Analysts Say: Dow Jones 40,000 is a milestone investors have eyed for years. But now a handful of stocks are ...
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Dow 40,000 Is Coming Any Day Now Thanks To 8 Stocks, Analysts Say
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UnitedHealth Group has paid more than $2 billion to providers following cyberattack
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UnitedHealth Group has paid more than $2 billion to providers following ...
Quick Glance: UnitedHealth Group Pays Over $2 Billion to Providers After Cyberattack
  • UnitedHealth Group has paid out more than $2 billion to assist providers affected by a cyberattack.

  • The fallout from the attack on subsidiary Change Healthcare has caused significant disruptions in the U.S. healthcare system.

  • UnitedHealth has released medical claims preparation software and introduced a temporary funding assistance program.

  • A survey by the American Hospital Association revealed that 94% of hospitals experienced financial disruptions from the attack.
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HHS opens probe into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity as hack fallout continues: The investigation will focus on identifying the extent of the breach and the ...
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HHS opens probe into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity as hack fallout ...
Quick Glance: HHS investigation into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity post-hack fallout
  • A probe by the Biden administration targets UnitedHealth Group following a cyberattack on a subsidiary that disrupted health payments and potentially exposed data of millions of patients.

  • HHS stated that the investigation aims to assess the extent of the incident and monitor UnitedHealth and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

  • Past federal examinations have led to penalties for healthcare entities over data breaches. Leaders in the industry highlight the attack on Change Healthcare as one of the most severe incidents in the US healthcare system's history.

  • Despite UnitedHealth's reassurances, lawmakers and healthcare groups assert that efforts are insufficient, pushing for stricter accountability and action.
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Oversight ranking member Raskin demands answers in UnitedHealth cyberattack: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and ...
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Oversight ranking member Raskin demands answers in UnitedHealth ...
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Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 mln ransom in bid to recover data: A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth ...
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Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 mln ransom in bid to ...
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UnitedHealth faces growing legal headaches from cyberattack: Class-action lawsuits add to the potential legal fallout over a cyberattack that's roiled the health ...
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UnitedHealth faces growing legal headaches from cyberattack
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Change Healthcare Blames ‘Blackcat’ Group For Cyber Attack That Disrupted Pharmacies And Health Systems
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Change Healthcare Blames ‘Blackcat’ Group For Cyber Attack That Disrupted ...
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Class action lawsuits pile up over UnitedHealth data breach: UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of ...
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Class action lawsuits pile up over UnitedHealth data breach
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White House summons UnitedHealth CEO as payment paralysis enters 3rd week: Officials demanded that the company take more steps to stabilize the health system ...
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White House summons UnitedHealth CEO as payment paralysis enters 3rd week
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UnitedHealth Group said the electronic prescribing for its pharmacy services is now fully functional, with claims submission and payment transmission also ... Show more
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UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery: UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full ...
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UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery
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US providers could see credit impact from Change Healthcare hack, Moody's says: Ratings agency Moody's said on Friday that U.S. hospitals, physician facilities ...
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US providers could see credit impact from Change Healthcare hack ...
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UnitedHealth Group recovering from significant cyberattack: CEO: He called it one of the worst attacks on a health care system in U.S. history.
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UnitedHealth Group recovering from significant cyberattack: CEO
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Change Healthcare Cyberattack Disrupts Services Nationwide—Here’s What To Know: UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday “a suspected nation-state associated cyber ...
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Quick Glance: UnitedHealth Subsidiary Hit by Security Breach, Expects 24-Hour Network Outage
  • UnitedHealth's subsidiary Change Health confirms network interruptions after a security breach, causing delays in some pharmacies.

  • On February 21, 2024, certain Change Health applications became unavailable, leading to an enterprise-wide connectivity disruption.

  • Change Health confirmed a cyber security issue and anticipates the problems to last at least a day.

  • A suspected nation-state cyber threat has accessed portions of Change Healthcare systems, with UnitedHealth unable to predict the duration of the interruption.
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Health industry struggles to recover from cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth : Doctors are worried that the attack on Change Healthcare, part of ...
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Health industry struggles to recover from cyberattack on a unit of ...
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Department Of Health Investigating UnitedHealth After ‘Unprecedented’ Cyber Attack
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Department Of Health Investigating UnitedHealth After ‘Unprecedented’ ...
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U.S. Launches Antitrust Investigation of Healthcare Giant UnitedHealth: The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group ...
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U.S. Launches Antitrust Investigation of Healthcare Giant UnitedHealth
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The U.S. Health System’s Single Point of Failure: Cybercriminals see the nation’s vulnerabilities far more clearly than regulators do.
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The U.S. Health System’s Single Point of Failure
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Change Healthcare enables new service amid outage: UnitedHealth's unit Change Healthcare said on Friday it has enabled a new instance of its ePrescribing service ...
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Change Healthcare enables new service amid outage
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Health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to prescriptions breach: A ransomware attack targeting a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is disrupting ...
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Health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to prescriptions ...
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Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Worse: UnitedHealth Group created a virtually monopoly with Change Healthcare, presenting a juicy target ...
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Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Worse
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UnitedHealth Unit Hack Muddies Humana’s View of Care Expenses: The cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group Inc. data service is making it harder for health insurers ...
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UnitedHealth Unit Hack Muddies Humana’s View of Care Expenses
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UnitedHealth hackers say they stole 'millions' of records, then delete statement: In a message posted to, and then quickly deleted from their darknet site ...
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UnitedHealth hackers say they stole 'millions' of records ...
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Analysts: 8 Stocks Will Power The Run To Dow 40,000: Analysts are already calling for Dow 40,000. And they think just eight S&P 500 stocks will drive a bulk of ...
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Analysts: 8 Stocks Will Power The Run To Dow 40,000
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Cyberattack affecting prescription refills reveals weakness in health care system
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Cyberattack affecting prescription refills reveals weakness in health care ...
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Health-care hack spreads pain across hospitals and doctors nationwide: One of the most serious cyberattacks to hit the health-care system in U.S ...
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Health-care hack spreads pain across hospitals and doctors nationwide