Wyden urges HHS to require healthcare cybersecurity standards

Healthcare DIVE June 5, 2024
Emily Olsen

Sen. Ron Wyden said the agency’s approach to cybersecurity is inadequate, arguing for mandatory resiliency standards, periodic audits and technical support for providers.

Dive Brief:

• Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging the HHS to require large healthcare organizations to improve their cybersecurity practices as increasing attacks and data breaches rock the industry.
• In a letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance said the agency’s approach to regulating healthcare cybersecurity is “woefully inadequate,” leaving the sector vulnerable to attack.
• Wyden pointed to the major cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare subsidiary early this year, which he said could have been prevented if the technology firm had used the basic cybersecurity practice of multifactor...

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