The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has initiated an investigation into UnitedHealth Group's cybersecurity practices following a cyberattack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare. This probe, reported by various news outlets including the Washington Post and BloombergTV, comes three weeks after the incident, which has led to billions of dollars in health-care payments being frozen. Hospitals and doctors have warned they are struggling to meet payroll due to the stoppage. The HHS's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is specifically investigating whether the breach involved protected health information, indicating the seriousness of the data security implications. The Biden administration's involvement underscores the potential widespread impact of the hack, which has disrupted healthcare payments and possibly exposed millions of patients' data. Ike Swetlitz reports.
HHS Is Investigating the UnitedHealth Hack. The Insurer’s Troubles Aren’t Over. https://t.co/osNoB2GF7j
.@HHSGov has launched a wide-ranging investigation into Change Healthcare's (@Change_HC) security and privacy practices in the wake of last month’s crippling #ransomware attack. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity #healthIT https://t.co/lmjHw65BwQ
UnitedHealth has been hit with at least six class actions accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its payment processing unit. The Daily Docket: https://t.co/RPC4Pk3PF3 Subscribe: https://t.co/jDp2Zvzsw0 https://t.co/GlD6X4I1vk
US Government to Investigate Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack https://t.co/ZkXt7Tn6ou
Government Launches Probe Into Change Healthcare Data Breach #cybersecurity https://t.co/pVNa68jNiB
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Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare. https://t.co/Iew0xCYcK5
US Health Regulators Open Probe in UnitedHealth Cyberattack https://t.co/yNn3RDiEWZ
.@HHSGov has opened a HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare's cybersecurity practices following a breach that has interrupted payments to hospitals and other health-care organizations across the country. https://t.co/5ySwPqTEin https://t.co/SP3B5I2R0S https://t.co/yVwVrA0TjI
Department Of Health Investigating UnitedHealth After ‘Unprecedented’ Cyber Attack https://t.co/X1FzyzX023 https://t.co/dkZNdSLHW5
The Biden administration is opening an investigation into UnitedHealth Group following a cyberattack on a subsidiary that has crippled health-care payments and probably exposed millions of patients’ data. https://t.co/wp3sF4B8EJ
US health department opens probe into UnitedHealth hack https://t.co/FMZAUu0wEv https://t.co/H3NDiS11WV
Biden administration investigating Change Healthcare cyberattack as disruptions continue https://t.co/WNZRpHvkWq
HHS: OCR INVESTIGATION OF CHANGE HEALTHCARE AND UHG WILL FOCUS ON WHETHER BREACH OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION OCCURRED
HHS SAYS OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS INITIATING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT AT CHANGE HEALTHCARE
HHS: OCR IS INITIATING AN INVESTIGATION INTO CHANGE HEALTHCARE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT
US health authorities are investigating whether the cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit involved a breach of personal health information. https://t.co/vZDf8XqkbE
The impact of a cyber attack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth, is still being felt three weeks later. Billions of dollars in payments have been stopped. Ike Swetlitz reports https://t.co/J91WWOo1vd https://t.co/8OF0SwBfs0
⚠️ HHS OPENS PROBE INTO HACK AT UNITEDHEALTH UNIT Full Story → https://t.co/DWC75hH3Qv The Department Of Health and Human Services has opened an investigation into UnitedHealth Group following a cyberattack on its unit Change Healthcare, it said on Wednesday. https://t.co/bbfzXH0aw4
HHS opens probe into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity as hack fallout continue - new @ddiamond "Three weeks after the cyberattack, and with many health-care payments still frozen, hospitals and doctors have continued to warn that they are struggling to meet payroll, and lawmakers…
HHS OPENS PROBE INTO UNITEDHEALTH’S CYBERSECURITY AS HACK FALLOUT CONTINUES - WASHINGTON POST
$UNH | HHS Opens Probe Into UnitedHealth’s Cybersecurity As Hack Fallout Continues - @washingtonpost https://t.co/QUSZUn0y8t
HHS opens probe into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity as hack fallout continues https://t.co/PTBFXkDKsG
Officials from the US Department of Labor and the US Department of Health and Human Services urged UnitedHealth to take 'responsibility to ensure no provider is compromised by their cash flow challenges stemming from this cyberattack on Change Healthcare' https://t.co/Rko6fBCU10 https://t.co/erS7Z8sWKB
Great writeup on the Change Health hack situation. More needs to be done to avoid hacking into our healthcare systems. https://t.co/EFlj9Mwc73 via @jareddashevsky
UnitedHealth Group created a virtually monopoly with Change Healthcare, presenting a juicy target for hackers who have made it impossible for millions of patients to refill prescriptions or even schedule procedures. https://t.co/8ieJMrqpXr