BC Advantage - 2025 Issue 1

Government to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Healthcare Under HIPAA

Proposed rule to improve cybersecurity and better protect the U.S healthcare system from a growing number of cyberattacks   On December 27, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HIPAA enforcement agency, issued a proposed rule to improve cybersecurity and better protect the U.S healthcare system from a growing number of cyberattacks.   OCR has seen a substantial increase in reports of large breach reports received over the last five years. From 2018-2023, reports of large breaches increased by 102 percent, and the number of individuals affected by such breaches increased by 1,002 percent, primarily...

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