Compliance & Legal

In manifesto, Mangione reportedly viewed killing as a "symbolic takedown" of healthcare industry.

The gunman reportedly targeted Thompson, waiting for him as he arrived at an investors' conference in Midtown Manhattan.

The agency said it will review developers' modified Predetermined Change Control Plans for artificial intelligence and machine learning submissions that have already been approved without triggering the need for new marketing submissions.

Ian Mack, IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia and the communications chair for the HIMSS Virginia Chapter, says those efforts can save lives and chart the direction of future initiatives.

The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 would provide grants to help healthcare organizations strengthen prevention and response - and push for better coordination between HHS and CISA.

The Office of Civil Rights could have initiated follow-up after discovering security flaws, but "rarely initiated these reviews when it identified serious compliance issues," according to the HHS inspector general's audit program review.

George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and CEO of Intraprise Health, says HIPAA is just a baseline for new state regulations that include incident reporting within 72 hours.

The third extension of pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities through the end of next year will give the agencies time to promulgate final regulations and providers time to comply, the agencies said.

In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over providers' deployment of clinical decision support software that is exempt from medical device regulations and call for clarity from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.