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AHA posts ICD-10 checklist for hospitals; CMS issues clinician resources

The AHA recently posted a checklist reviewing key steps hospital leaders should take to ensure a successful transit

House committee advances drug, Medicare legislation

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Dec. 6 advanced 19 health care bills, including legislation (H.R. 6364) that would prevent Medicare from publicizing a telehealth provider’s home address when the provider delivers telehealth services from their home.

HHS releases cybersecurity strategy for health care sector

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 6 released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy for the health care sector, which builds on a national strategy President Biden released last year.

Iranian cyber group targeting Israeli-made programmable logic controllers

Health care and other organizations that operate Unitronics Programmable Logic Controllers should protect the devices from potential compromise through default passwords, U.S. and Israeli agencies announced Dec. 2.

Russian national pleads guilty to role in ransomware attacks

A Russian national Dec. 4 pleaded guilty to his role in developing and deploying a suite of malware tools known as Trickbot, used to launch ransomware attacks against American hospitals and other businesses, the Department of Justice announced.

HHS-HC3 calls for immediate hospital action to protect against ‘Citrix Bleed’ vulnerability and ransomware threat

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center is urging hospitals and other critical infrastructure to take immediate action to patch and harden network systems to protect against a significant ransomware threat, the “Citrix Bleed” vulnerability.

Okta alerts customer support system users to data breach

Cyber actors attacking the Okta Help Center customer support management system in October downloaded a report containing the names and email addresses of all system users, and could use this inform

U.S., global partners release guidelines for secure AI system development

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.K. National Cyber Security Centre and other global partners this week released recommended guidelines or secure artificial intelligence design, development, deployment and use.

House subcommittee hearing explores AI use in health care 

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Nov. 29 held a hearing  to explore how medical devices and hospitals are using artificial intelligence and what Congress should consider as AI in health care evolves. 

Federal agencies warn of LockBit 3.0 ransomware threat

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center and international partners are alerting health care and other critical infrastructure organizations of the threat of LockBit 3.0 ransomware, labeled "Citrix Bleed," which allows cyberthreat actors to bypass password requirements and multifactor authentication measures.