UnitedHealth Aims to Restore Change Healthcare Systems Within Two Weeks
WSJ
UnitedHealth Group said it plans to test connections to its Change Healthcare’s medical claims software and network starting Monday, March 18, and restore service through the week.
Change Healthcare, which UnitedHealth owns through its Optum subsidiary, was forced to disconnect more than 100 services after a ransomware attack that began Feb. 21. Change Healthcare operates the largest clearinghouse for insurance billing and payments in the U.S., and the outage has wreaked havoc among hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups, many of which have gone without revenue since the attack.