OCR launches HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare breach

The Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is opening an investigation into the cyberattack that targeted UnitedHealthcare Group's Change Healthcare subsidiary and has sent ripples of disruption across the healthcare ecosystem for the past month.

"The cyberattack is disrupting health care and billing information operations nationwide and poses a direct threat to critically needed patient care and essential operations of the healthcare industry," said OCR in announcing its investigation.

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