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| 17.05.2024 | Dow closes above 40,000 for first time, notching new milestone | The Dow closed above 40,000 points for the first time on Friday in a quiet day on Wall Street, with investors taking cheer in strong corporate profits and signs that inflation is cooling.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was launched... |
| 13.05.2024 | Legal battle over health costs could change workplace benefits | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
An emerging legal battle over workplace health insurance could empower employees to fight back against high costs and put new pressure on their employers.
Why it matters: Workers fed up with rising he... |
| 09.05.2024 | Flexible Hiring Increased in Q1 With 60,000 Fully Remote Positions Available, According To Virtual Vocations Report | Virtual Vocations, Inc. publishes its first quarterly state of remote hiring report of 2024.
More than 6,600 unique employers shared fully remote job postings to Virtual Vocations' database during Q1 2024. The company's first quarterly repo... |
| 07.05.2024 | MedStar Health Suffers Cyber Breach, Data of 184,000 Patients Compromised | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 07 May 2024, 09:05 pm
Health network provider MedStar Health reportedly confirms it suffered a major data breach involving an unauthorized individual accessing three employees' emails and files, possibly exposing ... |
| 06.05.2024 | Health | Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained Medicaid revenue anyway | Several of the companies reported that states have made midyear and retrospective changes in their payments to plans to account for the worsening health status of members.
In an earnings call with analysts on April 25, Molina Healthcare CEO... |
| 05.05.2024 | Researchers Found How Diet and Diabetes May Increase Cancer Risk | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 05 May 2024, 12:05 pm
Singaporean and UK researchers found a unique method for deactivating tumor-suppressing genes, shedding insight on how nutrition and metabolic disorders like diabetes affect cancer risk.
The rese... |
| 03.05.2024 | Health | Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look | “This is designed to help individuals who are disproportionately impacted,” Villafuerte said. “I’m hoping it’s the combination of these efforts that could make a difference.”
Some critics worry that changes to the law could result in missed... |
| 03.05.2024 | UnitedHealth data breach should be a wake-up call for the UK and NHS | The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it m... |
| 02.05.2024 | Johnson & Johnson's $6.5 billion talc lawsuit settlement offer | Johnson & Johnson has put forth a $6.5 billion settlement proposal to resolve claims that its talc products led to ovarian cancer, a move that could bring an end to years of legal battles over the safety of its products. The pharmaceuti... |
| 02.05.2024 | Healthcare Data Breach: A Looming Threat to Americans | The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare has left a gaping wound in the U.S. healthcare system, exposing the personal health information of a substantial portion of Americans. The ransomware gang that infiltrated Change Healthcare's syst... |
| 02.05.2024 | UnitedHealth Cyberattack: A Tale of Compromised Credentials and Ransomware | UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, fell victim to a cyberattack in February that exposed the vulnerabilities of its IT systems. Hackers exploited a security flaw in Citrix software to gain access to the insurer's Change He... |
| 02.05.2024 | Cybersecurity Breach at UnitedHealth Group Exposes Vulnerabilities | UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty faced tough questions from senators about the recent cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The breach, caused by a lack of multi-factor authentication, allowed hackers to access sensitive data ... |
| 02.05.2024 | Health | US lawmakers slam UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity, call the company ‘a monopoly on steroids’ | “The Change hack is a dire warning about the consequences of ‘too big to fail’ mega-corporations gobbling up larger and larger shares of the health care system,” Wyden said. “It is long past time to do a comprehensive scrub of UHG’s anti-co... |
| 01.05.2024 | UnitedHealth Paid $22 Million Ransom to Hackers, CEO Confirms | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 01 May 2024, 09:05 pm
UnitedHealth's CEO, Andrew Witty, confirmed before a Senate hearing that the company paid $22 million to the ransom hacker group Blackcat because a subsidiary of the health insurance provider... |
| 01.05.2024 | Johnson & Johnson offers to pay $6.5 billion to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits | Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it has offered to pay $6.5 billion to settle allegations that its talc products caused cancer, a key step in the pharmaceutical giant potentially resolving decades of litigation over what was once one of... |
| 01.05.2024 | Hackers used compromised Citrix credentials to attack healthcare provider | US-based healthcare insurance company UnitedHealth Group disclosed that hackers broke into software supplier Change Healthcare IT systems in February using stolen credentials, which enabled them to log in to a Citrix remote access portal.
T... |
| 01.05.2024 | UnitedHealth CEO tells Senate all systems now have multi-factor authentication after hack | UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty told senators on Wednesday that the company has now enabled multi-factor authentication on all the company’s systems exposed to the internet in response to the recent cyberattack again... |
| 01.05.2024 | UnitedHealthcare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of US citizens were affected by recent hack | Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were impacted by the cyberattack.
Last month, Andrew Witty, the CEO of Change Healthcare’s parent... |
| 01.05.2024 | Almost all US hospitals took financial hit from Change hack, AHA says | NEW YORK : Almost all U.S. hospitals were hurt financially by the cyberattack on United Health Group’s Change Healthcare unit earlier this year, according to a survey from the American Hospital Association (AHA).
The AHA said that 94 per ce... |
| 01.05.2024 | UnitedHealth Tightens Security After Cyberattack: MFA Now on All Exposed Systems | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 01 May 2024, 06:05 pm
Following the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told senators on Wednesday that all its internet-exposed systems now use multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Cyb... |
| 01.05.2024 | Retailers retreat from health care delivery | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Walmart's decision to shutter its health clinics and virtual care services marks the most significant retrenchment yet from major retailers who sought to transform how health care is delivered.
Why it... |
| 01.05.2024 | UnitedHealth data breach caused by lack of multifactor authentication, CEO says | Hackers breached the computer system of a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary and released ransomware after stealing someone's password, CEO Andrew Witty testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The cybercriminals entered through a portal that didn't... |
| 30.04.2024 | UnitedHealth hackers took advantage of Citrix vulnerabilty to break in, CEO says | SAN FRANCISCO : Hackers broke into UnitedHealth's tech unit on Feb. 12 by exploiting a security vulnerability in software from private IT company Citrix that allows employees remote access to their desktop computers, the largest U.S. health... |
| 30.04.2024 | Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO | The ransomware gang that hacked into U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare used a set of stolen credentials to remotely access the company’s systems that weren’t protected by multifactor authentication (MFA), according to the chief execu... |
| 30.04.2024 | Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom | Enlarge
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Change Healthcare, the health care services provider that recently experienced a ransomware attack that hamstrung the US prescription market for two weeks, was hacked through a compromised account tha... |
| 29.04.2024 | Unprecedented Surge in Credential Stuffing Hacks Observed by Okta | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 29 April 2024, 12:04 am
Credential stuffing cyberattacks have recently reached record levels, warns identity and access management (IAM) services provider Okta.
From April 19 to April 26, 2024, Okta's Identity Thr... |
| 28.04.2024 | Microsoft's AI Revolution Threatens Amazon's Cloud Dominance | Microsoft's strategic investments in artificial intelligence are positioning the tech giant to potentially overtake Amazon's cloud services dominance. As quarterly reports loom, analysts anticipate Microsoft's generative AI investments will... |
| 26.04.2024 | Medical Tech Company LivaNova Reports Cyberattack Compromising US Patients Data | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 26 April 2024, 05:04 am
Medical technology company LivaNova has disclosed a recent cybersecurity incident involving its U.S. subsidiary, LivaNova USA, Inc., impacting its patients.
"LivaNova encourages affect... |
| 24.04.2024 | MIT Develops Powerful Chip Designed to Guard Against Cyber Breaches | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 24 April 2024, 12:04 am
MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have reportedly created a new and powerful machine-learning accelerator chip to boost data safeguards for various health-monitoring apps like health tracke... |
| 24.04.2024 | S&P 500: новые рекорды старейшего биржевого индекса | - |
| 24.04.2024 | 3 times you shouldn't brush your teeth, according to dental experts | New research shows that many have been brushing their teeth all wrong
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Brushing your teeth is good for you, right? Well, not all the time. According to experts, ther... |
| 23.04.2024 | UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans' data | CybersecurityUnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans' data
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| 23.04.2024 | UnitedHealth paid ransom after massive Change Healthcare cyberattack | The Russia-based cybercriminals who attacked a UnitedHealth Group-owned company in February did not walk away from the endeavor empty-handed.
"A ransom was paid as part of the company's commitment to do all it could to protect patient ... |
| 23.04.2024 | Change Healthcare Confirms Paying Ransomware Hackers, But Patient Data Leak Might Still End Up on Dark Web | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 23 April 2024, 08:04 am
The ransomware attack on Change Healthcare is a clear indication that the healthcare sector is lagging behind other industries when it comes to cybersecurity protection.
When the UnitedHealth... |
| 22.04.2024 | MultiPlan CEO Addresses Criticism | MultiPlan CEO Travis Dalton responds to recent criticism and allegations regarding the company's negotiation tactics and out-of-network fees, shedding light on the company's strategies and approach amidst national scrutiny.
MultiPlan, a dat... |
| 22.04.2024 | UnitedHealth Confirms Recent Cyber Breach Resulted in "Substantial" Amount of Stolen Health Data | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 22 April 2024, 09:04 pm
UnitedHealth has officially confirmed that a significant number of Americans had their health data stolen after its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, suffered a ransomware attack earlier this ... |
| 22.04.2024 | Pricing key challenge for health insurance of older citizens: Experts | - |
| 22.04.2024 | Moody's: Don't expect many large health deals in 2024 | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Anyone hoping for merger madness in health care this year will have to defer those dreams, a recent Moody's report suggests.
The big picture: Transformative M&A, particularly in the payer and prov... |
| 22.04.2024 | UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’ | Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ private healthcare data.
UnitedHealth said in a statem... |
| 19.04.2024 | Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: Axios research; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
Health insurance companies have swelled in both size and scope over the last decade, with the revenues of six for-profit parent companies making u... |
| 18.04.2024 | MultiPlan CEO talks strategy, recent criticism | The data analytics firm MultiPlan (NYSE: MPLN) has been thrust into the national spotlight over out-of-network fees.
Zoom in: A recent New York Times article spotlighted financial incentives used by MultiPlan and commercial insurers to cut ... |
| 16.04.2024 | RansomHub Gang Leaks Stolen Patient Data From Change Healthcare in Double Extortion Method | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 16 April 2024, 09:04 am
When extortion meets extortion.
Change Healthcare was under attack by a new ransomware group following the previous cyberattack that happened two months ago.
In February, the United Health su... |
| 16.04.2024 | UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare cyberattack cost it $872 million | A cyberattack earlier this year against a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary has proved costly for one of the nation's largest employers.
The health insurance giant on Tuesday noted $872 million in "unfavorable cyberattack effects" in ... |
| 15.04.2024 | Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang | An extortion group has published a portion of what it says are the private and sensitive patient records on millions of Americans stolen during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February.
On Monday, a new ransomware and extortio... |
| 10.04.2024 | Hackers claim to have UnitedHealth's stolen data - is it a bluff? | WASHINGTON : A freshly formed hacking gang claims to have won access to a massive stash of data stolen from UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, but with little evidence to go on it is not clear whether they are telling the ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Kreidler continues scrutiny of Change Healthcare | March 28, 2024
OLYMPIA — Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s office continues to monitor for impacts and disruptions to healthcare services caused by the recent cybersecurity event involving Change Healthcare.
Change Hea... |
| 10.04.2024 | Private equity in health care becomes a bigger Washington target | Congress is ramping up oversight of private equity's influence in health care, though lawmakers don't appear ready to give government more power to halt deals.
Why it matters: Health care has been a magnet for private equity deals, even as ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Physician Practices Struggle After Change Healthcare Cyberattack: Unpaid Claims, Staff Strain, and Potential Closures | What You Should Know:
– A recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey reveals the ongoing crippling effects of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on physician practices across the United States.
– The survey was conducted after UnitedHe... |
| 02.04.2024 | Medicare Advantage plans to see 2025 base pay fall | The Biden administration on Monday followed through on its proposal to cut next year's base payments to Medicare Advantage plans an average of 0.16%, despite pressure from insurers and their allies in Congress.
Why it matters: While the pla... |
| 02.04.2024 | США предлагают награду в $10 млн за информацию о хакерах BlackCat | Госдепартамент США предложил награду в $10 млн за информацию о хакерах BlackCat, ответственных за атаку на UnitedHealth.
В феврале группировка BlackCat атаковала компанию Change Healthcare, «дочку» технологического подразделения UnitedHealt... |
| 30.03.2024 | 4 things you need to know about health care cyberattacks | ASSOCIATED PRESS / JULY 12, 2019
The headquarters of Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth Group in Minneapolis is seen in this 2019 file photo.
FILE - Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, F... |
| 27.03.2024 | US urges allies to bar firms from servicing key chipmaking tools for China | TechnologyUS urges allies to bar firms from servicing key chipmaking tools for China
By Alexandra Alper and Karen FreifeldMarch 27, 20243:38 PM UTCUpdated ago
Item 1 of 2 Flags of China and U.S. are displayed on a printed circuit board with... |
| 23.03.2024 | UnitedHealth unit will start processing $14 billion medical claims backlog after hack | :UnitedHealth Group said on Friday its Change Healthcare unit will start to process the medical claims backlog of more than $14 billion as it resumes some software services disrupted by a cyberattack last month.
The company has been scrambl... |
| 21.03.2024 | UnitedHealth says unit Change has restored and rebuilt functions handled by Amazon | :UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday its unit Change Healthcare's cloud-based services for handling medical claims were completely rebuilt and restored, about a month after a cybersecurity attack on the subsidiary crippled healthcare in th... |
| 21.03.2024 | Biggest cyberattacks in US healthcare sector | Disruptions from the Feb. 21 hack at UnitedHealth Group's tech unit created a cash crunch for small healthcare providers and led to a U.S. health department probe into whether there was a breach of protected health data.
The exact impact of... |
| 21.03.2024 | Clover Health and Quartet Health partner to tackle senior mental health | The goal is to increase the support and resources for Clover members with serious mental illness
While everyone's mental health suffered during the pandemic, seniors were hit especially hard: they saw a 13% suicide rate increase from 2018 t... |
| 21.03.2024 | UnitedHealth hack reveals gaps in doctors' cyberattack insurance | Many health care providers struggling to get paid after the hack of a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary are still trying to figure out if their cyberattack insurance will help cover their losses.
Why it matters: Providers ranging from large hea... |
| 20.03.2024 | CVS CEO Karen Lynch on decision to carry the abortion pill, cybersecurity threats | Washington — Karen Lynch, CEO of pharmacy giant CVS Health, spoke this week about the decision to carry the pill for the first time in an interview with CBS News.
Earlier this month, CVS and Walgreens announced they will dispense the aborti... |
| 20.03.2024 | UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor | CHICAGO : The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million... |
| 19.03.2024 | US insurers to expedite payments to healthcare providers after hack | WASHINGTON : Health insurers told the U.S. government they would accelerate payments to some healthcare providers indirectly affected by a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's technology unit Change Healthcare, senior U.S. health officials s... |
| 18.03.2024 | Want to see an NHS doctor? Prepare to cough up your data first. | To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it.
In part due to growing pressure from the government to meet a two-week limi... |
| 18.03.2024 | UnitedHealth says advanced over $2 billion in payments to providers | :UnitedHealth Group said on Monday it has advanced payments of over $2 billion so far to provide assistance to healthcare providers, financially affected following a cybersecurity attack on its technology unit, Change Healthcare.
The compan... |
| 17.03.2024 | Should the DOJ Break Up UnitedHealth Group? | Consider this: Aside from being the largest health insurance player in the country, UnitedHealth Group also
Employs or contracts with thousands of physicians
Owns OptumRx, one of the top three largest pharmacy benefit managers
Has spent mor... |
| 15.03.2024 | How a Maine 8-year-old inadvertently became a fashion trendsetter at his school | Chelsea, Maine — Most 8-year-old boys don't get dressed to the nines. But James Ramage loves to dress for third-grade success.
He started wearing a suit to class a few years ago to his school in the small rural town of Chelsea, Maine, locat... |
| 14.03.2024 | UnitedHealth unit Change Healthcare's pharmacy network back online | :UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday that its unit Change Healthcare's pharmacy network was back online, weeks after a cyberattack.
Change Healthcare processes about 50 per cent of medical claims in the United States for around 900,000 phy... |
| 13.03.2024 | TikTok's fate in the U.S. hangs in the balance. What would the sale of the popular app mean? | TikTok could soon be inaccessible to its more than a hundred million users in the U.S., after the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted to pass a law forcing the app to be sold by its Chinese parent company or face a stateside ban.
... |
| 13.03.2024 | Latest Report Reveals Ransomware Attack Drains $100 Million Daily from Healthcare Providers | John Lopez, Tech Times 13 March 2024, 08:03 am
A recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a technology company based in Tennessee owned by the massive conglomerate UnitedHealth Group, has sent shockwaves through the healthcare system, resul... |
| 13.03.2024 | Business | Health insurance CEOs rake in millions. Here’s the top 10 list. | Health insurance premiums keep rising and many employees carry high-deductible plans that mean bills of $100 or more for a visit to the doctor.
Meanwhile, the CEOs of the top 10 health insurance companies were paid between $13 million and $... |
| 12.03.2024 | Readout of Biden-Harris Administration Convening with Health Care Community Concerning Cyberattack on Change Healthcare | Leaders from HHS, White House, DOL, and the health care community convened to discuss ways to mitigate harms to patient and providers caused by the cyberattack.
On Tuesday, March 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Se... |
| 12.03.2024 | UnitedHealth Group Expects to Restore Systems Impacted by Cyberattack by Mid-March | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 12 March 2024, 08:03 am
UnitedHealth Group is making strides in recovering from a recent cyberattack that disrupted operations across its systems, particularly those linked to its subsidiary, Change Healthcare.
Th... |
| 12.03.2024 | White House meets with UnitedHealth CEO over hack | :White House officials met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and others in the industry on Tuesday to discuss a hack at the healthcare conglomerate's tech unit that has disrupted operations across the United States.
The meeting was t... |
| 11.03.2024 | Healthcare Predictive Analytics Market Size, Share, Revenue, Trends And Drivers For 2024-2033 | Healthcare Predictive Analytics Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The Business Research Company has updated its global market reports, featuring the latest data for 2024 and projections up to 203... |
| 11.03.2024 | US officials urge UnitedHealth to expedite payments to providers | Officials from the US government asked UnitedHealth Group to expedite payments to healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack of the insurer's Change Healthcare tech unit crippled medical claims and payments.
Officials fr... |
| 11.03.2024 | Health care providers losing up to $1B a day from cyberattack | Disruptions from the Change Healthcare cyberattack are costing health providers as much as $1 billion a day and creating enough of a drag to depress first-quarter earnings, analysts and industry officials say.
Why it matters: Even though Ch... |
| 09.03.2024 | As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online | A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for the second week in a row.
Hospitals have been unable to check insurance benefits of in-patient stays, handle the prior aut... |
| 09.03.2024 | Healthcare Cyberattack Affects Claims Submission and Payment | FEB 28, 2024
Last updated on March 8, 2024
Read the Academy's March 4 Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra (PDF) The Academy has provided information to help you respond to the Feb. 21 cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group, Optum, and Change Healthc... |
| 08.03.2024 | UnitedHealth hack clouds outlook for insurers' medical costs | The hack at UnitedHealth's tech unit has led to uncertainty around when high medical costs for health insurers will subside as the cyberattack leads to prolonged delays processing insurance claims, Wall Street analysts said.
While UnitedHea... |
| 07.03.2024 | Change Healthcare Attack: UHG Announces Restoration Timeline & Provider Relief | What You Should Know:
– UnitedHealth Group (UHG) announced today significant progress in restoring Change Healthcare systems following a cyberattack that disrupted healthcare claims and payment processes nationwide.
– UHG urges all payers t... |
| 07.03.2024 | SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated - UNH | - |
| 07.03.2024 | Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack | It’s been more than two weeks since Change Healthcare discovered it was hit by a cyberattack.
The aftermath remains messy — patients across the country continue to struggle to obtain their prescriptions, as many of the systems that provider... |
| 06.03.2024 | United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege | Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.
Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power... |
| 05.03.2024 | Investor alert: The next healthcare stock set to revolutionize the industry | Investing in healthcare stocks can offer a solid foundation for your portfolio, especially considering the rapidly increasing demand for healthcare services, driven primarily by the aging population. Thus, in this article, we’ll delve into ... |
| 05.03.2024 | Cyberattack paralyzes largest U.S. health care payment system | MADDIE MCGARVEY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Molly Fulton, COO of five urgent care centers in the Columbus area, sits in the Worthington Urgent Care in Worthington, Ohio, on March 5. “This is worse than when COVID hit because even though we didn’t ge... |
| 29.02.2024 | UnitedHealth confirms ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare hack amid ongoing pharmacy outages | American health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare, which continues to disrupt hospitals and pharmacies across the United States.
“Change Healthcare can confi... |
| 26.02.2024 | Ransomware attack blamed for Change Healthcare outage stalling US prescriptions | An ongoing cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare that sparked outages and disruption to hospitals and pharmacies across the U.S. for the past week was caused by ransomware, TechCrunch has learned.
A healthcare executive wi... |
| 20.01.2024 | Counteract Primary Care Clinician Burnout Through Psychiatric Collaborative Care | Burnout is quickly becoming a health crisis for providers and patients, according to the American Medical Association. A Mayo Clinic study highlighted alarming trends in physician burnout: 62% of physicians had at least one symptom of burno... |
| 18.10.2023 | Is UnitedHealth Group Stock Fully Valued At $540? | Minneapolis, Minnesota. People of color Career Fair. A networking and hiring event for professionals ... [+] of color. People visiting the United Health Group booth. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)UCG/U... |
| 06.10.2023 | UnitedHealthcare Launches No Deductible Health Plan, Surest | What Should Know:
– UnitedHealthcare has announced the Surest™ health plan leads to more preventive care, improves satisfaction and lowers costs for members and employers.
– UnitedHealthcare’s Surest, which eliminates deductibles and offers... |
| 15.09.2023 | Elevance report links loneliness in seniors to mental health problems | Previous research has shown that loneliness can lead to declining health, dementia, and death
Of all the groups hit hardest by COVID, and the policies that followed, seniors perhaps suffered the most. This group saw a 13% suicide rate incre... |
| 02.07.2023 | Why UnitedHealth Group Is Going All in on Amedisys | By acquiring home care company Amedisys for $3.3 billion through Optum, UnitedHealth Group is doing what many companies are eyeing: gaining a “greater footprint” in the post-acute space. This is needed as home-based care gains popularity an... |
| 05.06.2023 | UnitedHealth starts bidding war with $3.3 billion offer for Amedisys | There’s now a two-party showdown for one of the largest home health companies in the country.
UnitedHealth Group and its Optum division on Monday formally proposed to buy Amedisys for $100 per share, or about $3.3 billion.
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| 14.04.2023 | UnitedHealth Raises Outlook After Earnings Beat. The Stock Is Lower. | UnitedHealth beat expectations for first-quarter earnings and revenue and raised its full-year outlook. The healthcare and insurance company’s growth was led by its Optum health-services segment.
UnitedHealth (ticker: UNH) reported first-qu... |
| 05.04.2023 | Devoted Health quietly blew past other insurance upstarts in the red-hot market for seniors | Devoted Health CEO and cofounder Ed Park Devoted Health This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 28.03.2023 | More workers are becoming caregivers thanks to the mental health crisis | 61% said helping their loved ones with their mental health has impacted their work productivity
Every age group, racial and ethnic group, and every gender had their mental health impacted negatively by the pandemic, though some worse than o... |
| 13.03.2023 | United Health Foundation Increases Support to Asian and Pacific Islander Scholars (APIA Scholars) | “United Health Foundation has been a great partner for the last 15 years...We are excited to see its commitment to building a more diverse workforce through scholarships for future health professionals. ” said APIA Scholars President Noel H... |
| 03.03.2023 | Medicare Advantage Plans: Walmart Health Expands In-store Clinics, Intensifies Competition with Amazon | John Lopez, Tech Times 03 March 2023, 08:03 am
Walmart Health, the healthcare arm of retail giant Walmart, is intensifying its efforts to capture more business from Medicare Advantage plans as it prepares to expand its in-store clinics thro... |
| 22.02.2023 | Amazon closes its purchase of primary care provider One Medical | The FTC will continue to look into the $3.9B deal, despite not stopping it from going through
After Amazon revealed its $3.9 billion deal to buy primary care provider One Medical, there was some possibility that the deal might be squashed b... |
| 09.02.2023 | The arms race for doctors is on. CVS is hoping a $10.6 billion deal will help it compete with Amazon and UnitedHealthcare. | An Oak Street Health location in Elgin, Illinois during its grand opening. Lydia Ramsey/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 08.02.2023 | CVS Health buys Oak Street Health in $10.6B deal | Oak Street Health will become part of CVS's Health Care Delivery organization
Over the last decade, CVS Health has made a name for itself as company willing to spend large amounts of money on major acquisitions; that includes its purchase o... |
| 02.02.2023 | The era of health insurance disruptors is over | Your browser does not support the video element. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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