Becker's Healthcare September 17, 2024
This year’s ransomware attack on Change Healthcare sent shockwaves through hospitals across the U.S., disrupting revenue cycle management, compromising data privacy, and threatening the financial stability of many healthcare providers already recovering from the pandemic’s fiscal strain.
The attack caused an outage at Optum’s Change Healthcare, immediately hampering hospitals that relied on the platform to process claims. However, restoring the system was only the first step; the incident continues to influence how healthcare organizations are planning for the future.
“This year’s Change Healthcare breach served as a wake-up call for the entire industry and highlighted the growing vulnerability of health IT infrastructures,” said Melissa Cohen, chief innovation and transformation officer at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health System. “The impact of these...