Planning to W’blow on leadership that they allowed this to happen by systematically dismantling guards in place for $$$ to their pockets. Yes CMS may have also escalated, none of other payers got hacked.

see, Frequently Asked Questions sections. https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/ns/changehealthcare.html

UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) shares traded lower for the fifth straight session on Friday, and the stock is poised to record its worst weekly loss since January 2023 as the healthcare giant grapples with an antitrust probe and a cyberattack on its health... — read more 

Everything happening with this cyber attack could potentially slow down the cuts. Imagine telling congress “yes we just laid off the team that managed our fire walls” I think this will force leadership to start thinking about who and why they are... — read more 

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https://status.changehealthcare.com/ Guessing Game: I am going to guess -$100M+ eventually settling for closer to $ 25M or is going to cost $200M+ to recover without paying ransom. Others please guess and good luck UHG leaders recovering. And keep... — read more 

Could this whole mess with the cyberattack have been handled in a worse or more incompetent way? I honestly don't think so. You can learn so much about a leadership by how they handle themselves during a crisis. After this, I don't think anybody can... — read more 

The long and short of it. UHG Leadership is to blame. They got what they wanted the data...and now the data is "out there" What a mess! The DOJ permitted the inappropriate acquisition of CHC by UHG/Optum. CHC was a well oiled machine, a company of... — read more 

I can’t keep waiting to be laid off. I’m completely miserable in this company. Everyday feels like he-l. Is there any way I can quit on the spot? Why is a two weeks notice required and why do you need to submit your resignation at least 3 days in... — read more 

This place wants to save money, give peanut merit and rrp, and hire off shore. Guess what LOL. Karma is real. Candyboy and his off shore subordinates are gonna love what is coming.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/02/29/alphv-blackcat-change-healthcare/

GSK has made headlines during Witty’s tenure, but for all the wrong reasons. The company should scratch internal prospects off the list. Glaxo SmithKline recently announced that its CEO, Andrew Witty, will be out the door as of March 31, 2017 – a... — read more 

In recent developments, UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare experienced a severe cybersecurity breach attributed to the notorious Blackcat ransomware gang, marking a significant incident in the healthcare industry. This breach has not only... — read more 

Is anybody else in a similar position? It's not that I need a job right now, but with everything that's been going on in the past six months, I've been looking just in case. So far, I've had zero offers. Plenty of interviews, but nothing materialized... — read more 

https://cybernews.com/news/alphv-blackcat-unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hack-details/

To address these concerns, Rep. Gallego requested responses to the following: Please provide a detailed timeline of the breach, including when it was first discovered internally, the initial investigation into its scope and source, notification... — read more 

Nobody I know wants to stay in this mess.

This company is horribly mismanaged. Put aside the treatment of employees and constant layoffs. Now think about these poorly designed cuts and layoffs and how they affect the company as a whole. This debacle with cyber security is just one visible... — read more 

Chief Accounting Officer Thomas Roos of UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH, Financial) has sold 858 shares of the company on February 23, 2024, according to a recent SEC Filing.

Optum has more than 90,000 employed or affiliated physicians and another 40,000 advanced practice clinicians serving tens of millions of people. Research indicates that concentrating control of healthcare providers and facilities into a handful of... — read more 

Did everyone else get this email? It seems that effective March 1st the company will move away from auditing processor claims. AI perhaps? Reduced staffing predicted for case installation, provider and facility data management, unet and cirrus... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealth-faces-justice-department-antitrust-235413196.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/fallout-from-change-healthcare-hack-still-roiling-health-care

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/u-s-launches-antitrust-investigation-of-healthcare-giant-unitedhealth-ff5a00d2

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/27/unitedhealths-change-healthcare-cyberattack-outages-continue-pharmacies-deploy-workarounds.html

Anyone know if the board is happy with this 100x genius?

Was Change Healthcare ‘s IT team and security team outsourced over seas?

Unrelated to CH, but a group of remote employees has been asked to be in office for some corporate security meeting. What does this mean?

"The accuracy of UHG's cyberattack attribution remains unclear, as cybersecurity researchers have not previously linked the BlackCat gang to a nation state or... — read more 

Mostly kidding. Regardless, Sandeep’s replacement for her doesn’t seem to be exactly knocking it out of the park either. Great hire, little fella! 😂

Hahaha 😂 they laid off half their security department in the middle of a hack. Hope it was worth it.

https://news.yahoo.com/ransomware-attack-blamed-change-healthcare-192647680.html

Just came across a hiring post in Manila. " No BPO experience are always welcome to apply we are hiring and start in January 2024" Optum a night health group company Help desk in IT support ( information and communication technology full time .. — read more 

I used to work for Change before I was redeployed to another team from AR and it was bullsh-t so I left. Lol One of my ex coworkers texted me and said that they haven’t been paid for 4 days because of the cyber attack and don’t know when they will... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/cyber-security-outage-change-healthcare-continues-sixth-straight-day-2024-02-26/

How long did it take for layoffs to start after you were acquired by Optum? What areas & roles were impacted? How many people were laid off? Were there any signs that layoffs were coming? Did you get a severance package?

4-5 days and the only official notice to the outside world is that experts are working on it. Where are all the executives that talk the pretty talk about how prepared we need to be for a disaster?

This down time is costing big $$$. We all know something’s got to give, so not surprising if there are layoffs in the horizon