Andrea Fox

This agency's first data breach settlement under HIPAA for a phishing attack involved the alleged failure to conduct a risk analysis to identify potential ePHI threats or vulnerabilities across the Lafourche Medical Group network.

"The AHA cannot support proposals for mandatory cybersecurity requirements being levied on hospitals as if they were at fault for the success of hackers in perpetrating a crime," says Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association.

Though adoption is still limited among smaller healthcare providers, more large hospital systems are embracing new generative artificial intelligence tools from their EHR vendors, according to new research from the Arch Collaborative.

Plus: HFMA and FinThrive release RCM modernization assessment tool, a peer-reviewed adoption model for healthcare providers.

According to court documents and public reporting, Vladimir Dunaev provided specialized services and technical abilities in furtherance of the Trickbot scheme.

Through a new partnership, providers and frontline staff can get Qualtrics patient experience insights via Epic electronic health records.

The organization reported that it detected intrusion over the Thanksgiving holiday. All clinics and the MyChart patient portal are operating.

"When we see a vulnerability or intrusion campaign that could have been reasonably avoided if the software manufacturer had aligned to secure by design principles, we’ll call it out," writes CISA cybersecurity leaders Eric Goldstein and Bob Lord.

The company says it has added expanded capabilities for its radiology generative AI co-copilot to help further alleviate clinician burnout.

While Cigna has been rebuffed for acquisitions in the past due to antitrust concerns, experts say a potential deal between the two private payers has some legs this time.