Senate passes first government funding package to avoid shutdown

Washington — The Senate passed a six-bill package to fund parts of the federal government through September, narrowly avoiding a partial shutdown.  The upper chamber voted 75 to 22, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk before a midnight deadline.  Republicans’ demands for amendment votes on immigration-related and other measures slowed its passage and threatened

Biden team, UnitedHealth struggle to restore systems paralyzed in cyberattack

Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind. Since a Feb. 21 cyberattack on a previously obscure medical payment processing company, Change Healthcare, Parsons said, she and her colleagues haven’t been able to electronically bill for their services. She heard Noridian Healthcare Solutions, California’s Medicare payment