Home Health Care News March 15, 2024
Patrick Filbin

This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it is opening a probe into the Feb. 21 cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Change Healthcare.

The cyberattack was a cruel reminder to home health agencies, insurers and other stakeholders that they can never be too safe when it comes to protected patient information.

For home health agencies that are wary of a cyberattack of their own, it’s important to hold strong relationships with third-party vendors and to also be aware of a possible threat on the outskirts of those relationships, experts advise.

“It’s not just the vendors that you contract with or the vendors you have relationships with,” Bruce Radke, a member of the tech transactions...

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