HHS Increases Budget for Cybersecurity and HIPAA Enforcement

June 10, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the proposed 2025 “Building a Healthy America” budget.  While the…

Advisory Issued for Black Basta Ransomware

May 16, 2024

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory…

Change Healthcare Attack – What We Can Learn

April 30, 2024

***Update: In January 2025, Change Healthcare said the number of victims of the data breach reached 190 million.*** On February…

The HITRUST Certification Steps

March 28, 2024

A HITRUST certification is a powerful way healthcare organizations can show their commitment to protecting patients’ sensitive data. HITRUST is…

Updated Guidance for Web Tracker Use and HIPAA Compliance

March 21, 2024

In December 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin warning…

Mitigating Internal Security Threats in Healthcare

February 14, 2024

Over the past several years healthcare organizations have received warnings from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the…

HITRUST Policy and Procedure Documentation Requirements

February 7, 2024

If you are considering a HITRUST Risk-Based, 2-year (r2) Assessment one of the areas you will need to evaluate is…

AHA Warns of Attacks Targeting Hospital IT Help Desks

January 30, 2024

Hospital IT help desks have been the target of sophisticated social engineering schemes designed to enable payment fraud according to…

HHS Reveals Strategy to Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity

January 9, 2024

The healthcare sector continues to be a top target for cyber-attacks. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office…

First Ever Phishing Settlement Cost Medical Group $480k

December 12, 2023

Lafourche Medical Group will pay $480,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR)…

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