Radiology Business May 23, 2024
Radiology groups are seeking clarity from Health and Human Services on who is responsible for reporting and notifying patients following the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February.
Three imaging groups were among 100-plus medical societies writing to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on May 20. The American College of Radiology and others want the Office for Civil Rights to publicly state that its ongoing breach investigation and efforts at remediation will be focused on Change and “not the providers affected.”
“Healthcare clinicians and providers take seriously their responsibility to safeguard and protect their patients’ data,” ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology wrote Monday. “Since the attack became known, concerns among our members have mounted related to...