James Rundle

The American Hospital Association urged healthcare facilities to disconnect from a major technology provider and to check their systems after a cyberattack against one of the largest U.S. commercial prescription processors.

Healthcare organizations have been forced to revert to manual procedures after Change Healthcare, part of Optum, disconnected services.

Federal government says it will consider accelerated Medicare payments on an individual basis, relax prior authorization requirements for struggling healthcare providers.

U.S. lawmakers and the Biden administration are taking a close look at the fallout from a cyberattack on Change Healthcare in late February that has crippled revenue flow in the healthcare sector.

The hackers who attacked UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit were in the company’s networks for more than a week before they launched a ransomware strike that has crippled vital parts of the U.S. healthcare system since February.

Key questions remain after UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testified in two Congressional hearings on May 1.

President Brad Smith pledged to address security failures that led to a hack of U.S. government systems last year.

A federal judge dismissed part of a landmark government lawsuit against the company and its top cybersecurity executive.

Worldwide tech outages after a defective update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike raise questions about automating software upgrades and whether

State, federal and industry requirements aim to protect the U.S. from hackers but complicate compliance.