One Click At a Time: Technology Empowered Family Medicine Podcast

Breaking down the attack on Change Healthcare

Episode Summary

Last week, Kelly and Lalita touched on the cybersecurity attack that targeted Change Healthcare. This week they go down the rabbit hole on consolidation, cyberattacks, and how family physicians need to understand and advocate for economic system change and data responsibility. We've got more information elaborating on this fascinating, unfolding story in our show notes. **In this episode we said that Albertsons and Kroger merger did not go through. This is incorrect, the FTC has blocked the merger and it will be heard in court this summer.

Episode Notes

  1. Whittaker, Zack. "As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online." TechCrunch., 9 March 2024. https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/09/change-healthcare-fears-data-breach-ransomware/
  2. Whittaker, Zack. "UnitedHealth confirms ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare hack amid ongoing pharmacy outages." TechCrunch., 29 February 2024.  https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-ransomware-alphv-blackcat-pharmacy-outages/
  3. Pierce, Alisa. "CMS Announces Flexibilities Following Cyberattack." Texas Medical Association. 8 March 2024. https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=63784.
  4. Whittaker, Zack. "Ransomware attack blamed for Change Healthcare outage stalling US prescriptions." TechCrunch. 26 February 2024. https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/ransomware-attack-change-healthcare-prescription-pharmacy-outages/
  5. Diamond, Dan. "Medicare announces emergency funds for doctors affected by Change Healthcare hack." The Washington Post. 9 March 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/09/medicare-change-healthcare-hack/.
  6. "U.S. and Plaintiff States v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. and Change Healthcare Inc." AntiTrust Division, United States Department of Justice. https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-et-al-v-unitedhealth-group-inc-and-change-healthcare-inc
  7. The Paul Weiss Antitrust Practice. "Takeaways from the DOJ’s UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare Merger Loss" 3 October 2022. https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/antitrust/publications/takeaways-from-the-doj-s-unitedhealth-change-healthcare-merger-loss?id=44360
  8. Office of Public Affairs. "Justice Department Sues to Block UnitedHealth Group’s Acquisition of Change Healthcare." United States Department of Justice. 24 February 2022. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-unitedhealth-group-s-acquisition-change-healthcare.
  9. American Academy of Family Physicians. "Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence in Family Medicine." Policy. August 2023. https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/ethical-ai.html
  10. "HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare." United States Department of Health and Human Services. 5 March 2024. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/03/05/hhs-statement-regarding-the-cyberattack-on-change-healthcare.html