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In 2022, health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group completed its merger of U.S. healthcare services giant Optum and Change Healthcare in a $7.8 billion deal, which allowed Optum broad access to ...
Change Healthcare merged with healthcare provider Optum in 2022 as part of a $7.8 billion deal under UnitedHealth Group. The deal allowed Optum broad access to patient records handled by Change ...
Change Healthcare merged with U.S. healthcare provider Optum in 2022 as part of a $7.8 billion deal under UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance provider in the United States.
Date. February 21, 2024 – present. (5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) Type. Cyberattack. Suspects. BlackCat. On February 21, 2024, the American company Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, was affected by a ransomware attack. [ 1] The cyberattack shut down the largest healthcare payment system in the United States.
UHG declined to comment on if it paid the ransom. The latest data shows 90% of claims are flowing uninterrupted for health providers, and pharmacies should be fully back online by Thursday, UHG ...
March 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM. By Leroy Leo. (Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group said on Friday its Change Healthcare unit will start to process the medical claims backlog of more than $14 billion as it ...
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational health insurance and services company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services and care delivery aided by technology and data under Optum, it is the world's eleventh-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue.
A company called Change Healthcare was established in 2007 and based in Brentwood, Tennessee. The company provided healthcare consumer engagement [clarification needed] and health plan cost transparency tools to health plans and large, self-insured employers, [ 4] across the United States. The company was founded by Christopher Parks and Robert ...