HealthExec January 10, 2024
Dave Pearson

Hospitals that want to remain eligible for federal dollars—including CMS reimbursement—will soon need to show their cybersecurity is up to snuff.

That’s according to a senior Biden administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity with the startup news outfit The Messenger.

The official says cybersecurity policies that HHS outlined in early December will be proposed in specific terms within the next month or so.

The government’s aim is to have the new system up and running by the end of the year.

The rules will tie federal funding with “basic digital security defenses,” The Messenger reported Jan. 9.

The high-level source told the outlet the administration is “homing in on those key cybersecurity practices that we really do believe...

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