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As part of the January refresh of Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to update its hospital overall star ratings. The release of these data could generate interest from the media. CMS also has announced its intention to propose significant…
A U.S.-led airstrike Jan. 3 in Iraq eliminated Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Although the U.S. government has not identified a specific threat from Iran targeting U.S. health care, the public…
Following last week’s US airstrikes against Iranian military leadership, the FBI observed increased reporting of website defacement activity disseminating Pro-Iranian messages. The FBI believes several of the website defacements were the result of cyber actors exploiting known vulnerabilities in…
America’s hospitals and health systems are at the center of their communities, both as providers of critical services and as large – and often the largest – employers. They train tomorrow’s health care providers and cultivate future leaders by building and expanding their dynamic workforces to…
FBI Flash: Kwampirs Malware Indicators of Compromise Employed in Ongoing Cyber Supply Chain Campaign
Since at least 2016, an ongoing campaign using the Kwampirs Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targeted several global industries, including the software supply chain, healthcare, energy, and financial sectors. The FBI assesses software supply chain companies are a key interest and target…
Certainly, healthcare providers understand the critical nature of data, perhaps better than anyone. Having access to the right data at the right time can literally save lives.
Increased geopolitical tensions and threats of aggression may result in cyber and physical attacks against the Homeland and also destructive hybrid attacks by proxies against U.S. targets and interests abroad. Knowing how you, your organization, and your personnel may be exposed or targeted during…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is sharing the following information with the cybersecurity community as a primer for assisting in the protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure in light of the current tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United…
HHS remains on track to meet the reduction targets set forth in the Court’s November 1 Order.
As requested by AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced it has extended until Feb. 1 the comment deadline for its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule. Comments were due Jan. 16.