BenjaminHCCarr, to Cybersecurity
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's 'egregious negligence' led to infection
'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'
The practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate "egregious negligence" on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according to Tom Kellermann, SVP of cyber strategy at Contrast Security.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/unitedhealths_egregious_negligence/

dbaplanb, to Cybersecurity
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Eight "unknown number" hang-up calls already today at 2pm; nine of them yesterday; not one repetition, all but one in our area code.
Is this related to the #UHC data breach? My mom has a United Health care plan (but not a Change Healthcare plan). She would be a prime target (pun intended) at 97 years of age.

#DataBreach #UnitedHealth #CyberSecurity #RoboCalls

ErikJonker, to Cybersecurity
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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’. The health tech giant handles health data for about half of all Americans.
This is an immense hack and loss of data. Imagine all that medical data being sold on the darkweb to the highest bidder.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/
#medicaldata #cybersecurity #unitedhealth #cybercrime

gtbarry, to Black_cats
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US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the "Blackcat" ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America.

#AlphV #blackcat #RaaS #UnitedHealth #UHG #ChangeHealthcare #Optum #ransomware #malware #security #cybersecurity #Hacking #Hacked

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-offers-10-million-bounty-info-blackcat-hackers-who-hit-unitedhealth-2024-03-27/

moira, to Insurance
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once more into the breach my mastodonian friends

it's time to call united health again

#UnitedHealth #HealthCare #insurance #american #clowncar

moira,
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Looks like they are not doing that!

YAAAAAAY!

THEY FINALLY DID THEIR JOBS

IT ONLY TOOK NINE WEEKS

And I don't have to make a phone call today! Best day! xD

#UnitedHealth #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #American #ClownCar

mostaurelius, to technology
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UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor | Reuters

The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-hack-takes-toll-healthcare-providers-nations-poor-2024-03-20/

moira, to random
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once more into the breach

on the line with united health care again

let's see if i can get them to take my money

no i don't agree to your additional terms for your stupid fucking app that I never wanted ever

brittanytrang, to Health
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.@STAT's Bob Herman combed the #UnitedHealth documents so you don't have to:

In annual financial filings, UHG listed dozens of facilities it quietly acquired in 2023

Its main targets? Outpatient surgery centers...in areas where UnitedHealthcare is the main Medicare Advantage insurer 👀

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/11/unitedhealth-outpatient-surgery-centers-medicare-advantage-ncp-fresenius/

#health #healthcare #medicine #healthinsurance #UnitedHealthGroup #healthpolicy #medicare

brittanytrang, to Health
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UnitedHealth's Optum has rather quietly assembled ~90,000 physicians into its provider empire

But its acquisition of a 100-provider clinic in Oregon is drawing outsized scrutiny due to Oregon's oversight and transparency laws, which may be the new norm

new from me for @STAT:
https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/12/scrutiny-health-transactions-providers/

#health #healthcare #medicine #healthpolicy #antitrust #oversight #doctors #physicians #consolidation #unitedhealth #optum #MedMastodon

itnewsbot, to ArtificialIntelligence
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AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage, feds clarify to insurers - Enlarge / A nursing home resident is pushed along a corridor by a nurse... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002239 #artificialintelligence #medicareadvantage #unitedhealth #healthcare #navihealth #algorithm #nhpredict #science #health #humana #cms #ai

brittanytrang, to Medicine
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Every time Bob & Casey publish a story about how plans deny care, I think it can't get crazier.

But then more whistleblowers come out of the woodwork, and it does get crazier.

Their latest:

used secret rules to restrict rehab care for seriously ill Advantage patients

https://www.statnews.com/2023/12/28/medicare-advantage-united-health-navihealth-rehab-care-restrictions/ via @STAT

itnewsbot, to Insurance
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Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims - Enlarge / Signage is displayed outside the Humana Inc. office building ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1990918 #insurancecoverage #medicareadvantage #post-acutecare #unitedhealth #claimdenial #nursinghome #insurance #nhpredict #coverage #medicare #science #health #humana #ai

BenjaminHCCarr, to ai
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uses model with 90% error rate to deny care, alleges
For the largest in the , AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. Since UnitedHealth acquired in 2020, former employees told Stat that the company's focus shifted from advocacy to performance metrics and keeping post-acute care as short and lean as possible but over 90 percent of the denials are reversed on appeal. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

tokensane, (edited ) to random
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" Group has said its algorithm, which predicts how long patients will need rehab, is merely a guidepost. But inside the company, managers delivered a much different message: that the algorithm was to be followed precisely so payment could be cut off by the date it predicted."

https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/14/unitedhealth-algorithm-medicare-advantage-investigation/

From Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

"Case managers who fall outside the length-of-stay target face discipline or firing."

itnewsbot, to science
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AI with 90% error rate forces elderly out of rehab, nursing homes, suit claims - Enlarge / UnitedHealthcare (UHC) health insurance company signage is di... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1984640

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