PYMNTS.com September 26, 2024
Nearly eight months after a hacker attack on UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit Change Healthcare roiled the healthcare industry, Capitol Hill has fired a shot across the bow for firms operating across the industry.
A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Warner of Virginia would, among other things, set requirements to improve the “availability and resiliency of healthcare information systems and healthcare payments.”
Titled the “Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act” the bills sets security and risk management requirements for healthcare firms and associated entities, and also sets stiff penalties for companies that run afoul of those mandates — while setting what the legislation terms a “user fee” that will support data...
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