Lexology June 21, 2024
Highlights
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights – the agency division responsible for administering and enforcing regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) – is conducting an ongoing investigation into a February 2024 cyberattack targeted at Change Healthcare.
- Forty-nine consolidated lawsuits are now pending before U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank (District of Minnesota), a member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML).
- Informal surveys show sustained, costly impacts threatening the viability of some physician practices and laboratories throughout the country.
On Feb. 21, 2024, the ransomware hacker group ALPHV, otherwise known as “BlackCat,” disabled Change Healthcare’s nationwide healthcare billing and information systems and demanded a ransom to...
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