UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $3.3 billion in loans to care providers impacted by a cyberattack on the U.S. healthcare conglomerate' tech unit last month.
Although hospitals that implemented the strategy saw a reduced incidence of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection, incidence was already declining at those hospitals before the intervention.
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the 'Blackcat' ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America.
Recent enforcement activity suggests that the government will be closely scrutinizing healthcare marketing arrangements — specifically for their potential to generate disguised kickbacks under the Anti-Kickback Statute.