CMS Responds to UHC/Change Cyberattack

As providers continue to deal with cash flow interruptions in the wake of the largest-ever cyberattack on the U.S. health care system, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has stepped in to offer some temporary relief. CMS recently outlined a program that allows qualified providers to receive accelerated or advance payments that would be repaid by way of automatic deductions from future claims.

Read about this and other legislative news in the April Federal Affairs newsletter.