Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Healthcare Industry

February 1, 2019

Podcast

The 25th episode of McDonald Hopkins’ podcast series MH Business Exchange has been released.

During the episode entitled “Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Healthcare Industry,” McDonald Hopkins healthcare attorney Rick Hindmand joins host Mike Witzke for a deeper dive into the topic.

The podcast builds on a Jan. 9, 2019, article authored by Hindmand and fellow McDonald Hopkins attorney Emily Johnson, “Guidance Recommends Healthcare Cybersecurity Best Practices,” which examined a December 28 release by the Department of Health and Human Services.

The HHS’ four-volume publication, “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients,” identified the top five healthcare cybersecurity threats and set forth voluntary cybersecurity guidance for a wide variety of healthcare organizations.

Over the past 24 months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has brought notable enforcement efforts against several non-profit covered entities and business associates, resulting in instances of six and seven-figure penalties against providers across the county for incidents involving breaches of protected health information.

A new amendment to New York state law, which would have required all healthcare providers to obtain separate consents from patients for treatment and payment is on hold until further guidance is released, according to the New York Department of Health.

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2025 final rule, which establishes new advanced primary care management billing codes that will expand opportunities for physician practices, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and other health care providers to get paid for services provided by clinical staff under the direction of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant beginning January 1, 2025.

Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Healthcare Industry

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