Radiology Business June 4, 2024
Health and Human Services on Friday responded to radiology groups’ lingering concerns in the aftermath of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
The agency emphasized that the payment processing firm—and not imaging groups—is responsible for notifying healthcare consumers and the media about the incident. On May 20, the American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and others had written HHS, worried their members would be saddled with this responsibility.
Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer emphasized that patients impacted by the Feb. 21 incident “must be notified that their protected health information was breached.”
“This ensures that the potentially millions of Americans—including the elderly, the disabled, those with limited English proficiency, those with limited access...
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