The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues a letter urging healthcare leaders to address the fallout of a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, emphasizing transparency and financial support from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and…
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Gerald A. Maccioli, Chief Medical Officer, HHS Technology Group Faiyaz Shikari, Chief Technology Officer, HHS Technology Group The healthcare landscape stands poised for a groundbreaking transformation, driven by a powerful, privacy-preserving machine learning technique: federated learning. In…
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Cybersecurity analysts surmise from underground forum chatter and evidence of a Bitcoin deposit that Change Healthcare may have paid a $24 million ransom to the BlackCat ransomware group on March 1.
They also…
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A ransomware group claims that its cyberattack against Change Healthcare yielded 8 terabytes of data from every provider that sends data to Change, including medical records, insurance records, and data from active military…
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This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) took steps to expand access to opioid use disorder treatment through its new…
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February 12, 2024 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has designated two additional organizations as Qualified Health Information…
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Cyberattacks remain a formidable threat to healthcare providers, with hackers’ tactics getting more sophisticated by the day.
Policymakers are trying to combat this. For example, New York Governor Kathy Hochul released a proposed set of…
It’s no secret that healthcare organizations are taking heavy fire from cyberattacks across their vast IT surfaces and regulators require ever-higher levels of cyber hygiene and defense maturity to protect patients and patient data…
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CMS approves the use of HIPAA-compliant secure texting platforms for sending patient information and patient orders in hospitals and critical access hospitals.
Previous guidance from late 2017 allowed texting patient information if a…
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– The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced they are joining forces to invest over $20…
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