In this episode of HLbytes Roundup, host Ramana Rameswaran reviews the Washington Roundup in the March 8, 2024 issue of HLbytes submitted by David Ermer related to the Change Healthcare Outage, HHS’s announcement, CMS’s Accelerated Payments to Part A and Advance Payments to Part B suppliers that came out on Saturday March 9th, 2024 and HHS’s press release around the cross-government public inquiry into private equity. For more on this story and others like it, go to ambar.org/hlsnews and check your inbox every Friday for the next edition of HLbytes.

Sources: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/03/05/hhs-statement-regarding-the-cyberattack-on-change-healthcare.htmlhttps://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/change-healthcare/optum-payment-disruption-chopd-accelerated-payments-part-providers-and-advance