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Exclusive AHA Insights for our Partners in the Business Community
This is exclusive Insider content for AHA Associate Program Organizations. Thought leadership materials about workforce, cybersecurity, rural health.
H-ISAC TLP White Threat Bulletin: Emerging SMS/Voice OTP Toll Fraud via Account Sign-up and Patient Portal Flows
Health-ISAC is tracking an emerging fraud pattern where threat actors exploit SMS and voice One-Time Password (OTP) mechanisms used in account sign-up, patient portal enrollment, telehealth registration, and MFA flows.
Health Industry Cybersecurity - Securing Telehealth and Telemedicine
Health care is increasingly moving to a digital platform. Recent major investments in health information technology, such as electronic health records and health information exchanges, have created enabling digital components that providers and vendors are leveraging for virtual health care services.
HHS guidance offers solutions to protect telehealth platforms from cybercriminals
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center Jan. 8 released guidance on cybersecurity for telehealth applications. The guide highlights the challenges of securing telehealth platforms due to vulnerabilities that can expose them to a range of cyberattacks, such as data breaches, structured query language attacks, ransomware, phishing and more.
HC3: Analyst Note TLP Clear Securing Telehealth: Challenges and Solutions – January 8, 2025
Telehealth leverages telecommunications and information technology to bridge the gap between healthcare providers and patients physically separated by distance.
Senate Deal Reached to End Government Shutdown
Over the weekend, senators reached a deal to reopen the government. The agreement includes a three-bill, full-year spending package for 1) the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, 2) the Legislative Branch, and 3) the Defense Department construction projects and the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as a short-term continuing resolution to extend funding for the rest of the government until Jan. 30, 2026.
House Releases Continuing Resolution to Fund Government, Extends Key Health Care Provisions
Today, the House Committee on Appropriations released the legislative text for a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Nov. 21, 2025.
Senate fails to pass CR, government shutdown begins while health programs expire
The federal government shut down Oct. 1 following a failed Senate vote on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government by midnight Sept. 30.
Representative Guthrie discusses cybersecurity, prior authorizations and telehealth
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., addressed attendees of AHA’s 2024 Annual Membership Meeting and touched on many of the biggest issues in health care: cybersecurity; prior authorization and denials of care; extensions for expiring telehealth provisions; and how government and hospitals can work together to find solutions to these and other problems.
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Helping hospitals prepare for and prevent cyber attacks, AHA gathers the latest cyber Government Cyber Threat Intelligence Alerts and H-ISAC Reports.