Ransomware News and Resources for Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente Strike Ends, HC3 Warns of NoEscape Ransomware

October 18, 2023 - Kaiser Permanente and a group of unions have reached a tentative deal to end the largest US healthcare labor dispute. The new contract addresses understaffing concerns by offering wage increases, establishing a minimum wage for healthcare workers, restricting subcontracting and temporary staffing, and job training and workforce development investments. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug...

Healthcare Leaders Reveal Concerns About Generative AI, Ransomware

September 06, 2023 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Today’s top stories focus on leading cybersecurity concerns, new nursing home standards, and troubling findings about behavioral health access. Generative AI and Ransomware Top Cybersecurity...

AHA and FTC Tussle Over Antitrust, Senators Reintroduce Virtual Care Act

June 20, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, an AHA friend-of-the-court brief derided the Federal Trade Commission as biased. Meanwhile, a large group of United States senators is working to push the CONNECT...

ACA Breaks Enrollment Record, GAO Critiques HHS Control of Pathogen Studies

January 31, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recorded more enrollments than in any prior year, including 3.6 million enrollees who had not used the marketplace before. Meanwhile, a study by the...

HHS Posts Timeline for Drug Negotiations, FDA Approves Alzheimer’s Drug

January 17, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In this week’s policy roundup, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its detailed timeline for drug pricing negotiations that will begin next year. Meanwhile, the FDA granted...

Public Health Officials Mull Mask Mandates, CDC Renews Palantir Contract

December 13, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

State health officials are publicly considering the benefits of another mask mandate as hospitals and health infrastructure struggle to bear the pressure of rising RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 cases....

CDC’s Ominous Influenza Report and FBI Statement on Cuba Ransomware

December 06, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

According to CDC reporting, this year’s flu season will be the worst in recent memory as infection rates spike, hospitalizations rise, and vulnerable populations are walloped. Meanwhile, the...

VA EHR Scrutinized After Veteran Deaths, Lawsuit Targets Medication Abortions

November 22, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Abortion opponents, led by The Alliance for Defending Freedom, which also worked to overturn Roe v. Wade, are now targeting the medications used for ending pregnancies. The lawsuit filed in Texas seeks...

HC3 Issues Venus Ransomware Warning; CDC Investigates Listeria Outbreak

November 15, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Last week, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned organizations to watch for a new ransomware variant that emerged in August and has already affected one healthcare...

HIPAA Protection Slides Post-Roe, Healthcare Cybersecurity Under Siege

July 12, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Senators and President Biden are looking to expand and solidify the protections of HIPAA for people seeking reproductive care and abortions after the Supreme Court dismantled Roe v. Wade. In a recent...

Deciding Whether to Pay in a Healthcare Ransomware Attack

January 24, 2022 by Jill McKeon

As healthcare ransomware attacks continue to ramp up across the sector, many organizations will be forced to make a difficult decision: give in to ransom demands or potentially risk patient safety and...

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