Medical Economics September 26, 2024
Change Healthcare hack prompts senators to say new rules are needed because ‘megacorporations … are flunking Cybersecurity 101.’
Cybersecurity violations could come with a $250,000 penalty if health care organizations leave “willful neglect uncorrected” in their computer network defenses, according to new legislation.
Meanwhile, the federal government would pledge $1.3 billion to hospitals to bolster their cybersecurity measures.
The new Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act was introduced Sept. 26 by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia). They said the bill would “improve cybersecurity in the American health care system amid a wave of increased cyberattacks that are breaching Americans’ privacy and causing major disruptions to care across the country.”
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