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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A major field marketing organization is suing the Biden administration over a final rule capping payments from Medicare Advantage health insurers to agents and brokers, joining a raft of other litigation from sales groups seeking…
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) announced the launch of the $50 million Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) cybersecurity program designed to improve IT security for healthcare environments.
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May 31 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published an update to the frequently asked questions (FAQs) webpage concerning the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident. The webpage, first published on April 19, 2024, provides answers to FAQs concerning the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)…
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The HHS said Change Healthcare can notify consumers whose health data may have been exposed after a major cyberattack on the UnitedHealth-owned technology firm earlier this year. The update, posted Friday by the HHS’ Office…
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) changed course on Friday and announced that it will allow Change Healthcare to file breach notifications on behalf of the thousands of organizations impacted by February’s ransomware attack.
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As the American public gears up for a summer that meteorologists are predicting will be among the hottest on record, federal officials have rolled out a new interactive portal to provide granular data on extreme heat risks across the country.
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As organizations in the healthcare sector continue to be a prime target for ransomware gangs and CISA warns about a vulnerability (CVE-2023-43208) in a healthcare-specific platform being leveraged by attackers, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program aimed at developing a vulnerability…
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Providers are still looking for clarification on whether they’ll have to report or notify patients about data breaches stemming from the cyberattack against Change Healthcare earlier this year. In a letter sent to HHS Secretary…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has introduced the new Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense program, which offers $50 million toward the strengthening of hospital cybersecurity amid growing cybersecurity threats, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
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Governance & Risk Management , Healthcare , Industry Specific
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare
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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: An HHS agency revealed a new cybersecurity program Monday that aims to better safeguard hospitals as the healthcare sector faces increasing cyber threats that can derail patient care. The initiative, which comes out of the…
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) published on Friday a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) addressing the Black Basta hacker group. The move provides cybersecurity defenders tactics, techniques,…
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The Biden Administration is issuing new regulations designed to protect women and their health care providers from law enforcement investigations when performing abortions or other reproductive procedures that are lawful in the states where they’re performed.
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The Biden administration on Monday announced new rules designed to safeguard the privacy of abortion providers and patients seeking the procedure, a move which comes in response to threats from conservative prosecutors putting abortion in their crosshairs.
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Following a cybersecurity incident dubbed as an indirect ‘HHS data breach’, and theft of funds, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has taken the decisive step of removing HHS Login from its grantee payment system.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has removed Login.gov from its grantee payment platform after a security breach in March of last year resulted in hackers stealing millions of dollars from seven different grantee organizations last year, according to Nextgov.