On June 17, CMS announced that as of July 12, it will discontinue the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) program that helped support providers experiencing cash flow disruptions. CMS has issued more than $2.55 billion in accelerated payments to more than 4,200 Medicare Part A providers, and more than $717.18 million in accelerated payments to 4,722 Part B suppliers. More than 96% of the payments made through the program have already been recovered. CMS will no longer accept new applications for CHOPD and recommends that providers continuing to have difficulty billing or receiving payment contact Change Healthcare directly or contact their Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC).. CMS will monitor for other effects of the cyberattack and will continue to engage industry partners to address remaining concerns. CMS encourages all providers to review their cybersecurity risk. Some resources from the agency to that end may be found here.
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