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On March 20, 2025, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Health-ISAC issued an alert to the health care sector warning of a social media post that posed a potential threat “related to the active planning of a...more
On September 26, 2024, the Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill would amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and direct the U.S....more
According to the American Hospital Association, cyber criminals are becoming more organized and sophisticated. For example, in addition to attacks on the troves of patient data held by healthcare systems, cybercriminals now...more
On July 19, Change Healthcare Ince. filed a breach report with HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concerning its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. The organization’s breach report to OCR identifies just 500 individuals as...more
Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more
News Briefs - Lawmaker Introduces Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act - Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has introduced the Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, which would allow for advance and accelerated...more
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more
Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more
If you are involved with any health information, even if you are not covered by HIPAA, you should be aware of the government’s recent position that there may be serious privacy and serious risks with use of online tracking...more
Ransomware is the “business pandemic.” Warnings have been issued by multiple agencies around the world to alert businesses to increase their protection and awareness. Most recently, the Department of Health and Human...more
Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 12 (December, 2021) - Amid the letters of congratulations to new HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Director Lisa Pino is a plea from the American Hospital Association (AHA): “victims” of...more