Month: February 2026

February 19, 2026

Hayley DeSilva

It’s been two years since a cyberattack against Change Healthcare roiled healthcare, exposing data on 190 million consumers and demonstrating the vulnerabilities of an industry so reliant on one vendor.

The Feb. 21, 2024, attack by ransomware group BlackCat forced UnitedHealth Group, Change Healthcare’s parent company, to disable functions including claims processing, prescription management, payment, prior authorization and insurance verification. Chaos ensued as critical functions ground to a halt.

February 10, 2026

Bridget Early

Doctors want more money from Medicare and more ways to get it, medical societies told House members developing plans to overhaul the payment system.

In December, the GOP Doctors Caucus and the Congressional Doctors Caucus, a Democratic group, invited organizations representing physicians to weigh in on a potential successor to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS.

February 03, 2026

Michael McAuliff

After more than two years of trying, Congress finally passed significant healthcare legislation Tuesday featuring new rules on pharmacy benefit managers and a measure of certainty for telehealth and hospital-at-home providers.

The legislation funds most of the federal government, including the Health and Human Services Department, and provides $4.6 billion for community health centers this year.