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Change Healthcare starts sending data breach notifications after cyberattack
The attack may have exposed data like medical information, payment details and Social Security numbers for a potentially huge swath of Americans.
Change Healthcare has started sending out data breach notifications after a cyberattack against the payments processor earlier this year compromised information like Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses for a potentially massive swath of Americans. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., argued UnitedHealth had taken too long to send letters to affected individuals — in violation of the HIPAA privacy law — and pushed the healthcare giant to mail notifications by June 21. Last week, the Biden administration said it would give providers impacted by the attack extra time to request out-of-network billing arbitration under the No Surprises Act.
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