March 05, 2024
LAUREN BERRYMAN
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rolled out efforts to help providers navigate the Change Healthcare outage disrupting healthcare operations nationwide, the Health and Human Services Department announced Tuesday.
CMS ordered its claims administrators to assist pharmacies, hospitals and others that need to use alternate means to process transactions while Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum subsidiary, works to get its systems back online following a Feb. 21 cyberattack. The agency also offered assistance to address the financial squeeze some providers are enduring.
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