Another week, another healthcare breach - CMIT Solutions Anaheim
Navigating the aftermath of the healthcare cyberattack. Just a few weeks after a high-profile cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Chicago, the broader healthcare industry was left reeling by an even bigger problem. On February 21, hackers shut down operations at the nation’s largest billing and payment clearinghouse. Operated by multinational insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, Change Healthcare is a digital network that handles hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance payments every day. It also manages one of every three patient records in the U.S., totaling nearly 15 billion transactions a year. But with operations effectively halted after a ransomware attack froze billing and payment transactions, money is no longer flowing between hospitals, doctors, and medical providers. Desperate practitioners have had to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover employee payrolls and everyday expenses—and many worry that the problems could continue for weeks or month...