Change Healthcare Cyberattack March 21, 2024 Hot Topics, Practice Management change healthcare cyberattack, healthcare cybersecurity On Feb. 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group (UHG) Optum unit, experienced a cyber-attack that resulted in nationwide outages affecting payors, physician practices and other providers and pharmacies. The outage has caused interruption of numerous administrative and billing processes, including electronic claims submission, provider payments, pharmacies, prior authorizations, payor chart retrieval, etc. Below are several resources that aid you in understanding the impact on your practice and next steps: Provider Briefing on Response to Cyberattack on Change Healthcare Recorded webinar from HHS What Physicians Need to Know from CMA Biden Admin Announces Advanced Payments from CMA Change Healthcare/ Optum Payment Disruption Accelerated and Advance Payments for Part A Providers and Part B Suppliers FAQs from CMS 2023 MIPS Data Submission Deadline Extended to April 15 from CMA