HHS Offers Financial Relief to Providers Impacted by Change Healthcare Hack
• HHS moves to help providers affected by Change Healthcare hack by encouraging insurers to relax requirements that slow billing and provide advance funding • CMS will consider requests for accelerated payments like during COVID pandemic to address cash flow issues • Hack has crippled health care payments for hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, etc. and is one of most serious cyberattacks on US health system • Providers contacting Medicare contractors to enroll in new e-clearinghouse to process claims, with expedited onboarding • Incident highlights interconnectedness and need to strengthen cybersecurity in health care system