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White House and lawmakers increase pressure on UnitedHealth to ease providers' pain

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-03-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The article details a large ransomware attack on Change Healthcare attributed to ALPHV/BlackCat that disrupted billing and processing across the U.S. healthcare system, allegedly involved a ~$22 million payment, and prompted federal agencies and lawmakers to push UnitedHealth and other payers to expedite provider payments and consider mandatory cybersecurity standards for the health sector.

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