Healthcare Innovation March 6, 2024
HHS announces steps CMS is taking to address the financial stress healthcare systems experience in the fallout of ransomware attack on Change Healthcare
On Tuesday, March 5, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are taking action to alleviate the financial stress healthcare systems are experiencing in the fallout of a cyber-attack on Change Healthcare.
HHS is urging Medicare providers to change clearinghouses for claims processing during the outages. According to the statement, providers “should contact their Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to request a new electronic data interchange (EDI) enrollment for the switch….CMS has instructed the MACs to expedite this process and move all provider and facility requests into...