https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/unitedhealth-ceo-its-important-for-the-country-that-we-own-change-healthcare.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=6188A0242256G0A
4/18 Layoffs
Post here if you've received the axe or know others who have. Let's see if we can get a general sense of how deep this cut is and which teams were affected. Good luck everyone!
Optum layoffs for HBMC tomorrow (4/18)?
15 min “Business Update) meetings (individual) put on our calendars for tomorrow with our VP of Clinical Ops. Should I be nervous?!
navihealth
There was a post on the UnitedHealth Group board that there will be layoffs in navihealth. Does anyone have any info on this, who or when?
Wrongful termination
I wonder how many of the layoffs are really wrongful terminations.
Hearing yesterday in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce re: cyber attack
No one was present from uhg, guess the earnings call and fireside chat took precedence over addressing this nightmare?!
More Layoff? You Bet .. Read on
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/hackers-start-selling-change-healthcare-data.html?origin=CIOE&utm_source=CIOE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=6188A0242256G0A When an org is only interested in M&A without... — read more
Just a bump in the road
Despite the $872 million hit from it took in the first quarter as a result of the cyberattack, UnitedHealth Group trounced first-quarter expectations. UnitedHealth reported $99.8 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2024, and a per-share... — read more
Protests at Optum today?
Heard there was a protest and police presence at Optum today? Is there any truth to that? I know witty was on site today so wondering if that’s why
Skip level meeting
Does anybody know what this is? I have one on Thursday.
I'm being set up to fail
I've only been here for a year and I feel like I'm being set up to fail, intentionally. Is Optum known for doing this to get rid of people? I'm this close to quitting, that is if they don't fire me first.
Change Healthcare Faces Another Ransomware Threat—and It Looks Credible (Wired Magazine)
https://www.wired.com/story/change-healthcare-ransomhub-threat/
4/18 layoffs coming in Optum Health
Just had my 1:1 moved from Tuesday to Thursday. Been expecting this for last couple of weeks. All the best everyone.
UHG use of Social Security Numbers to authenticate employees is illegal.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-05-1016t
100x candy man strategy to data breach
Data breaches is an impact from when you let go good people more than you should to save money . A lesson to a company when you become greedy. Wake up Where are all those pretty speeches
The Devil are in the details
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/hackers-claim-to-obtain-cvs-medicare-data-in-change-hack.html?origin=CIOE&utm_source=CIOE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=6188A0242256G0A Quick to acquire to conquer thru M&A but... — read more
Their corruption knows no bounds
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/payer-roundup-uhg-exec-stock-sell-after-doj-probe-michigan-awards-medicaid
A head in a jar
Could have taken the enterprise to greater heights!
Entitlement of being executive
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/unitedhealth-chairman-executives-sold-stock-before-probe-became-public-bloomberg.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=6188A0242256G0A In the meantime, RIFed staffs are... — read more
"Change Healthcare has reportedly already paid off one set of cyber attackers, but now a second group is claiming that it has stolen data, too."
https://www.govtech.com/security/new-ransomware-actor-threatens-change-healthcare
Optics?
https://stocks.apple.com/AYXhoFI83R-OEpQdfCG7cDA
Any news on the Amedisys acquisition being finalized?
The reason for asking is the fact that I was laid off from Optum in February after working for them for the last two years after the Landmark acquisition. I interviewed really well with Amedisys recently and may quite possibly receive an offer from... — read more
48 days, 20 hours
48 days, 20 hours
Home and Community
OK, anyone got the scoop on layoffs coming for H&C?
"Yo boss we figured out a new strategy to not have to pay people!"
How I wish I could take credit for that!!! Found in comments from an article regarding the 2nd wave of ransom demands and thought others might appreciate...
When is the next layoff?
Heard there's more coming up this month so does anyone have dates? How many are affected in the next one?
More ransom?
... — read more
Why are so many executives obsessed...
With becoming a billionaire? Do you really have to? Is it conducive of survival? With love, Resource Scarcity
Laid-off, can’t access the GSS. Where is my money?
I was part of the wave that was laid off yesterday. They deactivated our microsoft accounts immediately, but now I can’t access the GSS to see if my bank information is up to date. Where is my money? Why can’t I log in? Who can I contact? This is... — read more
Vulnerability only get worse - self inflicting
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/cybercriminals-pose-as-hospital-finance-employees-divert-payments.html?origin=CIOE&utm_source=CIOE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=6188A0242256G0A Here leaders are “crying” over... — read more
Isn’t it strange?
Isn’t it strange that the Change Healthcare “hack” happened and less than two months later Optum Colombia is shutting down its operations?
Slow trickle of layoffs
Does it seem to anybody else that we have shifted to a slow trickle of layoffs instead of the usual larger layoff rounds?
Do you have Stockholm Syndrome?
Working for a toxic company can sometimes evoke a peculiar psychological response akin to Stockholm Syndrome. Despite being subjected to a harmful work environment, employees may find themselves developing a sense of loyalty and attachment to the... — read more
Hypothetically, if all American uhg employees walked off the job,
What would the outcome be?
Any layoffs in M&R?
I know E&I has been hit, any word on M&R?