"UnitedHealth Sets Timeline to Restore Change Healthcare Systems After BlackCat Hit"
UnitedHealth Group has recently published a timeline to restore Change Healthcare’s systems following the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware attack, which has led to delays to patient care across the US. UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, expects key pharmacy and payment systems to be restored and available by March 18. In the meantime, UnitedHealth is urging its provider and payer clients to use applicable workarounds it has established, including its new iEDI claim submission system. The recent announcement comes days after it was reported that a post on a hacker forum claimed that UnitedHealth paid a $22m ransom to BlackCat to recover access to data and systems encrypted by the group. UnitedHealth has not commented on these reports so far.