Change Healthcare roundup: UHG pays out $2B, while feds mull cyber compliance rules

As the fallout from the Change Healthcare ransomware attack heads into a second month, UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it's paid $2 billion so far in financial advances for struggling providers and is testing medical claims software to resume payments.

Meanwhile, federal leaders – including the White House, lawmakers and HHS, are discussing potential cybersecurity rules that would impose financial consequences for healthcare organizations that don't have a certain baseline of cybersecurity readiness in place.

And nearly four weeks since …

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