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CMS Winding Down Funding Program to Address Change Healthcare Cyberattack
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced June 17 that funding it made available to health care providers under the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) program would e...
June 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Japan’s Nidek announced June 3 that it had launched the RS-1 Glauvas OCT system. The device is CE marked as a Class IIa device. Nidek said the RS-1 Glauvas’ streamlined workflow and advanced analyt...
ARPA-H Launches UPGRADE to Strengthen Hospitals’ Cybersecurity
ARPA-H announced May 30 a program called UPGRADE, designed to eliminate cyberattacks on hospitals by developing tools that proactively probe digital hospital environments for software weaknesses. A...
Japanese IOL Maker Hoya Halts Production After Cyberattack
Japanese intraocular lens maker Hoya reported on April 4 that production of several of its products had stopped after a computer system failure, “most likely caused by unauthorized access” to its s...
April 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Alexion, the rare disease unit of AstraZeneca, announced March 25 that the US FDA had approved its long-acting C5 complement inhibitor Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) for adults with neuromyelitis opt...
Japanese IOL Maker Hoya Halts Production After Cyberattack
Japanese intraocular lens maker Hoya reported on April 4 that production of several of its products had stopped after a computer system failure, “most likely caused by unauthorized access” to its s...
State Department Offers up to $10 Million for Info on Hackers of Change Healthcare
The US State Department announced March 27 that it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on ALPHV BlackCat-linked hackers targeting critical infrastructure in the US. The agenc...
Cyber Threats Worry Half of Respondents to Q2-2023 Survey, While Some Doctors Aren’t as Concerned
Market Scope surveys have indicated that US ophthalmologists have had mixed opinions about the importance of data security. The recent hacking of one of the US’ biggest health care payment systems ...
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