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20 Thursday, July 18, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com

Donny Leroy

Couch passed

away on July 7,

2024 in Jackson,

Mich. Donny

was born August

18, 1978. He

was struggling

with stage 4

cancer.

Donny worked

at Denso for 27

years. He grew

up in Springfield,

Mich. Donny loved family and friends. He

loved playing golf and watching football

on Sundays dilly dilly and loved his Detroit

Lions.

He will be truly missed by all ’til we

meet again.

Donny’s funeral service will be at 1 p.m.

July 20 at Baxter Funeral Home, 375 W.

Dickman Road, in Battle Creek, with view-

ing on Thursday and Friday from 6-8 p.m.

Please join us in a celebration of life.

In Loving Memory

Please join us as we celebrate the life of

Judy MackinderJudy Mackinder

Saturday,

July 20, 2024

3:00-5:00pm

at

Sportsman’s Club

of Battle Creek

22655 Clear Lake Rd. N

Battle Creek,

MI 49014

Michigan Attorney General Dana

Nessel is sharing consumer protec-

tion reminders and raising awareness

about the availability of free credit

monitoring and identity theft pro-

tection services following Change

Healthcare’s February data breach.

In April, Nessel joined other

attorneys general in sending a let-

ter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc.,

the nation’s largest health insurer

and the parent company of Change

Healthcare, urging the corporation to

take more meaningful action to bet-

ter protect providers, pharmacies and

patients harmed by the recent breach.

Change Healthcare is the nation’s

biggest electronic data clearinghouse,

and its technological infrastructure is

used by tens of thousands of provid-

ers, pharmacies and insurers to verify

insurance, confirm pre-authorization

of procedures or services, exchange

insurance claim data and more.

Consumer resources available after

Change Healthcare cyberattack

The Legal Services of South Central

Michigan-Battle Creek office will

conduct interviews for legal advice

and possible representation, without

charge, to interested older Americans

on Thursday, Aug 1.

The office said the session will

run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the

Battle Creek office, located at 123 W.

Territorial Road.

Legal Services of South Central

Michigan-Battle Creek office is a

nonprofit organization which pro-

vides legal assistance, representation

and education to low-income people

in Calhoun and Branch counties and

to seniors in St. Joseph, Branch,

Calhoun and Barry counties.

The advice and counsel at the

senior sites is funded primarily by

the Calhoun County Senior Millage,

CareWell Services Southwest through

the Michigan Bureau of Aging,

Community Living, and Supports

under the Older Americans Act of

1965.

Legal advice session

for seniors is Aug. 1

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The cyberattack interrupted

operations for thousands of doctors’

offices, hospitals and pharmacies,

Nessel’s office said in a July 9 press

release from Lansing.

It also resulted in sensitive health

and personal data being leaked onto

the dark web, a hidden portion of the

internet where cyber criminals buy,

sell and track personal information.

The actual number and identity

of affected patients are currently

unknown, but Change Healthcare has

publicly stated that the data breach

could impact up to one-third of all

Americans.

Change Healthcare has not yet pro-

vided individual notice to consumers.

Given this delay, Nessel is publiciz-

ing consumer resources, including

the offer that Change Healthcare has

provided to the public.

“Michiganders who believe they

were impacted by the Change

Healthcare breach should consider

the company’s free credit monitoring

and identity theft protection offers,”

Nessel said.

Change Healthcare is offering free

credit monitoring and identity theft

protection services for two years to

all Michigan residents who believe

they may have been impacted.

The dedicated website and call cen-

ter will not be able to provide indi-

viduals with details about whether

their data was hacked but can guide

them through the set-up of free credit

monitoring and identity theft protec-

tions.

The safest course of action is for

everyone to assume that her/his infor-

mation has been involved, the AG

noted.

To enroll in credit monitor-

ing through IDX or for more

information, visit Change

Healthcare Consumer support page–

UnitedHealth Group or call (888)

846-4705.

CALL

269-965-

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