The estates of two deceased UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage policyholders allege in a proposed federal class action lawsuit filed this week that the insurance giant is using an AI tool to illegally deny necessary coverage for post-acute care, such as skilled nursing, to elderly plan members.
FBI officials said Wednesday that the federal government is preventing advanced ransomware attacks targeting a range of institutions with the help of new information-sharing and victim engagement initiatives with organizations across the public and private sectors.
The number of healthcare organizations and patients affected by a recent data theft at medical transcription firm Perry Johnson & Associates is expanding: The company now says the breach affected the sensitive information of about 9 million people.
A San Diego public hospital is diverting ambulances and patients to other facilities as it is dealing with a cyberattack this week. The medical center is the latest on a growing list of regional hospitals forced to suddenly shift patients to neighboring entities due to a cybersecurity crisis.
A ransomware attack affecting the New York financial services subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China resulted in disruptions to the U.S. Treasury market. Close observers of the criminal underground say ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit is responsible.
A shared IT services provider and its five Ontario member hospitals say their recovery from a Daixin Team ransomware attack in October could last into December as the group rebuilds its IT network. Meanwhile, the outage will continue to disrupt patient services, including diagnostics and treatments.
The battle against synthetic identity fraud has reached a critical point, as credit repair companies now play a major role in exacerbating this pervasive form of fraud. Synthetic identity fraud now comprises 85% of all identity fraud cases, with up to $20 billion in annual losses.
New York state regulators have smacked one of the nation's largest physician-owned radiology groups with a $450,000 settlement in the aftermath of a 2021 data exfiltration incident that compromised sensitive information of nearly 200,000 patients, including about 93,000 New Yorkers.
The American Hospital Association, along with three other organizations, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services withdraw guidance issued last year warning that the use of online trackers by hospitals potentially violates HIPAA.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it was setting up a variety of real-time initiatives to provide technical support and cybersecurity assistance for election offices nationwide, including an Election Day operations center and a virtual cyber situational awareness room.
The Federal Trade Commission in an amended lawsuit complaint unsealed Friday details how Idaho-based data broker Kochava allegedly violated federal law by collecting and disclosing to third parties "enormous" amounts of geolocation and other sensitive information about consumers.
President Joe Biden's recent executive order on artificial intelligence could affect the healthcare sector in an assortment of ways, such as putting checks and balances on plans to promote AI innovation and wider use of AI - while also safeguarding against potential harms to patients.
The Department of Defense has published guidance calling for the rapid and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence systems across its entire enterprise while emphasizing continuous experimentation, iterative feedback loops between experts and users and enhanced data and analytics programs.
Secretaries of state and election administrators told the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration that local election offices are facing a critical lack of resources and funding to support essential cybersecurity measures ahead of the upcoming voting cycle.
Members of Congress don't agree on much these days. But a new bipartisan working group launched in the Senate on Thursday hopes to rally congressional support for potential legislation focused on improving the state of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector.
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