CONCORD — Attorney General John M. Formella recently announced that in February 2024, Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest electronic data clearinghouse, experienced a significant cyberattack.
N.H. Attorney General John Formella
Change Healthcare is the nation’s largest electronic data clearinghouse used by tens of thousands of providers, pharmacies and insurers to verify insurance, confirm pre-authorization of procedures or services, exchange insurance claim data, and perform other administrative tasks essential to the delivery of health care.
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