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AHA urges need for flexibility in regulation of AI in health care

AHA May 6 responded to a request for information about the current state of artificial intelligence in health care from Rep. Ami Bera, M.D., D-Calif., urging that any regulation of the technology needs to be flexible to keep pace with innovation and allow caregivers to apply it for patient benefit.

CISA extends comment period for proposed rule on cyber incident reporting

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency May 3 extended the comment period to July 3 for the April 4 proposed rule that would implement cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022.

White House releases critical infrastructure memo empowering CISA to strengthen health care security 

The Biden Administration April 30 released a memo announcing updated critical infrastructure protection requirements, which include the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency acting as the National Coordinator for Security and Resilience.

Agencies issue cyber advisory on North Korean spear phishing efforts 

The FBI, State Department and National Security Agency issued a warning about attempts by North Korean state-sponsored cyberthreat actors to exploit improperly configured domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance record policies to conceal social engineering attempts.

Lawmakers grill UHG CEO at hearings following Change Healthcare cyberattack

Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattack on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the U.S. health care system in American history. 

AHA advertorial: Is UnitedHealth Group ‘Too Big To Fail’? 

“If you are asking yourself how a cyberattack on a single company could cause such massive damage, you are asking the right question,” an AHA advertorial in April 30's Washington Post, states. “The answer, however, is stunningly simple. Over the past several years, Change Healthcare’s corporate owner, UnitedHealth Group, has acquired so many companies and spread its tentacles so far throughout the healthcare system that it has become ‘too big to fail.’”

AHA provides update to Senate, House committee leaders ahead of hearings on fallout from Change Healthcare cyberattack 

The AHA April 29 provided the Senate Committee on Finance and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations an update regarding outstanding issues continuing to impact patients and hospitals following the Change Healthcare cyberattack, as well as additional actions for Congress and the Administration to consider related to the cybersecurity of the health care sector. 

ONC requires health information exchange networks to support FHIR standard

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology April 22 released

OCR launches webpage with HIPAA FAQs on Change Healthcare cyberattack

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights April 19 launched a webpage answering HIPAA-related FAQs about the Change Healthcare cyberattack.