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Summary of legislation passed by the Senate to extend the sequestration moratorium beyond April 1, 2021.
America’s hospitals and health systems thank the U.S. Senate for working in a bipartisan manner today to extend relief from pending Medicare cuts to doctors and hospitals that would have gone into effect in just a few days.
A weekly threat intelligence briefing from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3).
In a letter Senators Marsha Blackburn, Richard Durbin, Lisa Murkowski, and Tina Smith, the AHA expresses support for the Rural America Health Corps Act (S.924).
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the AHA expresses concerns about the recent denials of our members’ requests for a “mid-build exception.” These denials result in inappropriately reduced payment rates for items and services furnished by certain off-campus provider-…
On March 23, 2021, the FBI disseminated “Mamba Ransomware Weaponizing DiskCryptor” Flash Report (CU-000143-MW). The FBI Flash report contains specific and actionable intelligence Health-ISAC members can use to improve their cyber security posture. The data is provided in order to help cyber…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) invites you to join us at the first of our bi-monthly cybersecurity threat briefings in April. The topic will be Ryuk Ransomware. This initiative will provide actionable information on…
This edition of Hacking Healthcare begins by expanding on the topic of Chinese engagement with
international standards bodies to examine China’s overall digital efforts and how they may
impact the healthcare sector. Next, we provide an update on how the contentious issue of
“right to repair…
On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Germaine Smith-Baugh, president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., talks about combating the COVID-19 pandemic through testing, vaccinations and education within the community, which include people hardest hit by the pandemic…
Mamba ransomware has been deployed against local governments, public transportation agencies, legal services, technology services, industrial, commercial, manufacturing, and construction businesses.