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New Informational Bulletin Providing Flexibilities to States to Address Change Healthcare Cyberattack Incident

Today, in response to the cyber attack on UnitedHealth Group's subsidiary Change Healthcare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced important flexibilities to help state Medicaid agencies provide needed relief to Medicaid providers and protect access to healthcare coverage. The informational bulletin highlights existing and temporary flexibilities with a focus on providing states with an expedited process for implementing interim payments to affected providers to mitigate disruptions.

For more information on the flexibilities states can utilize, and how to do so, please see the Informational Bulletin on Medicaid.gov.


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