WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Health insurers told the U.S. government they would accelerate payments to some healthcare providers indirectly affected by a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's ( UNH ) technology unit Change Healthcare, senior U.S. health officials said on Monday. Change Healthcare, which was hit by a cyberattack on Feb. 21, processes about 50% of medical insurance claims in...

Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Intuitive Surgical ( ISRG ) , and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in ISRG usually suggests something big is about to happen. We gleaned this information...

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March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator on Monday approved UK-based Orchard Therapeutics' gene therapy to treat children with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), making it the first approved treatment in the United States for the rare, hereditary disease. Orchard, which was acquired by Japanese pharmaceutical firm Kyowa Kirin ( KYKOF ) for $477.6 million last year, said it will provide...