Cybersecurity

A cybercriminal group is targeting health system IT help desks in a new scheme to gain access to the organization's computer systems and divert payments, according to an April 4 warning from the American Hospital Association.

HHS is launching a "one-stop-shop" for cybersecurity preparedness in response to the cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare in February, Federal News Network reported April 1.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear a case April 3 on whether hospitals violated a state law prohibiting wiretapping when they had third-party analytics tools on their websites, the Boston Globe reported.

HHS fined Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health $100,000 for failing to provide timely access to medical records under HIPAA.

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health's IT systems have been disrupted by a cybersecurity incident, according to a post on the system's Facebook page.

Autonomous computer systems are healthcare's best protection against disruptive cyberattacks, Oracle's Larry Ellison and Seema Verma wrote April 1 in The Wall Street Journal.

Battle Mountain (Nev.) General Hospital reported a data breach affecting around 3,000 patients in late March, according to HHS.

UNC Hospitals and School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C., informed patients of a data breach exposing personal health information earlier this year.

Nonprofit hospitals will not face credit impact from the Feb. 21 cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Change Healthcare, according to Fitch. 

The Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare is causing some restructuring of payments at Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System, WLOX reported March 29.