HIPAA Redux: New Bill Proposes Sweeping Security Standards for the Health Care Sector

• October 18, 2024

• Michael McLaughlin , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Andria Adigwe , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

In recent years, the health care sector has faced increasingly severe cyber threats—both directly and indirectly through vendors—that have compromised patient data and disrupted critical services. In February 2024, for instance, the health care sector was rocked by a ransomware attack on the widely used payment processing company, Change Healthcare, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary. The attack crippled billing operations nationwide, posing “a direct threat to critically needed patient care and essential operations of the healthcare industry.” The ramifications of this ransomware attack are still being felt.

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