A few items of interest: 1. This column is being written in the month of February 2024 wherein the health care community and others observe(s), among other things, National Heart Health Month and World Cancer Day on the 4th of February. Ironically the observance of World Cancer Day this year coincided with the world finding out … Continued

On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, which is a division of United Health Group’s Optum that provides clearinghouse and other payment and revenue cycle services for health care providers and insurers, announced that it had been the target of a cyberattack by the ransomware group Blackcat/APLHV that forced it to disconnect its systems.1 According to … Continued