HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing the cybersecurity incident impacting Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealthcare Group , and many other health care entities. 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 health care industry.
Ransomware and hacking are the primary cyber-threats in health care. Over the past five years, there has been a 256% increase in large breaches reported to OCR involving hacking and a 264% increase in ransomware. In 2023, hacking accounted for 79% of the large breaches reported to OCR. The large breaches reported in 2023 affected over 134 million individuals, a 141% increase from 2022.
If you believe that your or another person’s health information privacy or civil rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with OCR at
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