March 14, 2024 OCR Investigating Health Information Security Following Change Healthcare Attack The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right (OCR) has opened an investigation into whether UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare are taking appropriate steps to protect patients’ health information following the February cyberattack that continues to disrupt hospital operations and finances.
March 13, 2024 Alarming Growth in U.S. Cyber Crime Health care remains the top target for a “multitude of malicious actors who have the tools to conduct large-scale fraud schemes,” and the challenge to protect against cyberattacks continues to grow.
March 12, 2024 Biden’s 2025 Budget Blueprint for Health President Joe Biden has unveiled a $7.3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2025 that includes a focus on drug pricing, cybersecurity, and Affordable Care Act subsidies, among other health priorities.
March 11, 2024 Federal Government: UnitedHealth, Payors Must ‘Meet the Moment’ to Support Hospitals The federal government is calling on UnitedHealth Group and the payor community to support hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
February 23, 2024 Latest on Change Healthcare Cyber Issue Additional details about the cyberattack affecting Change Healthcare’s systems have emerged in regulatory filings the company submitted to the federal government this week.
February 22, 2024 A Look at Health Care Data Breaches The federal Office for Civil Rights today delivered its annual report on data breaches in health care, indicating a significant increase in large-scale incidents over the last five years.
February 12, 2024 3 Priorities to Improve U.S. Cybersecurity Today, the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) released its 2024 priorities, which aim to raise the baseline of our cyber preparedness while protecting institutions against bad actors.
January 25, 2024 HHS Unveils New Health Care Cybersecurity Goals The Biden administration this week published voluntary cybersecurity performance goals for hospitals and other health care organizations as well as a new website for key cyber resources.
January 04, 2024 The Cybersecurity Threat in Every Health Care Facility The Government Accountability Office is calling on federal agencies to update their agreement to better protect heart monitors and other medical devices from cyberattacks.
December 19, 2023 Preventing Bias in Health Care’s New Algorithms Health care needs guiding principles to prevent new algorithms from confirming harmful biases that can affect patient care, federal health leaders said.