VA still dealing with fallout from Change Healthcare ransomware attack

Federal Drive with Tom Temin

The Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t done dealing with a February ransomware attack that had sweeping effects across public and private health care systems across the country, and at least some aspects of its operations will be affected until as late as next February, the department said Tuesday.

VA officials emphasized there were no known impacts to patient safety linked to the attack on Change Healthcare, a large data exchange provider. But like many other health systems, the Veterans Health Administration was forced to sever many of its feeds that transmit billing, prescription and other data to and from third-party providers and other vendors.

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