Mega US healthcare payments network restores system 9 months after ransomware attack

Still reeling from its February ransomware attack, Change Healthcare confirms its clearinghouse services are back up and running, almost exactly nine months since the digital disruption began.

In an ordinary year, the healthcare organization handles 15 billion transactions – the most of any clearinghouse in the US. It looks after payments and transactions between and among healthcare providers, hospitals, practitioners, and patients throughout the US healthcare system. Its February ransomware attack by ALPHV/Blackcat led to a financial impact on a whopping 94 percent of hospitals the following month, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA).

The restoration of this service, confirmed via an update to its website status page, marks a key milestone in Change Healthcare's overall recovery from the attack, which is largely but not yet entirely complete. 

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