Washington wants to avert another Change Healthcare-like fiasco. Here’s what could be coming Mohana Ravindranath By Mohana Ravindranath March 29, 2024

Washington wants to avert another Change Healthcare-like fiasco. Here’s what could be coming Mohana Ravindranath By Mohana Ravindranath March 29, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/29/change-healthcare-attack-proposed-cybersecurity-regulations/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=300353692&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7dJJfgjZ7r0QZoaWHRQMHLxjEEQvkgvRi4FzHlSsPPEs2aqN-DJVa8KSAKzc720Ep2DalQunG3OIb1Ih-ZQ54hXXXVg&utm_content=300353692&utm_source=hs_email The recent ransomware attack on a billing company called Change Healthcare brought pharmacy and hospital payments across the country to a halt. Policy makers and industry lobbyists are demanding tougher strategies to prevent future attacks, but what that picture will look like is still murky. Some early ideas: A White House budget request would set aside $800 million to help financially struggling hospitals cover the cost of meeting minimum federal cybersecurity standards. The Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency proposed a rule setting a deadline for reporting cyber attacks and payments. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a bill that would allow advance Medicare payments to providers who suffer a cybersecurity incident as long as they and their vendors meet minimum security requirements. STAT’s Mohana Ravindranath gets reaction to these trial balloons.