Tensions Flare Between Senators at Health Cybersecurity Hearing

Sen. Ossoff working across the aisle to protect rural hospitals across Georgia from cybersecurity threats - Americus Times-Recorder

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working with Republicans and Democrats to protect rural hospitals across Georgia from cybersecurity threats. Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the bipartisan Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to create new strategy and training resources to boost the number of cybersecurity and digital security professionals in rural hospitals across Georgia and nationwide. The bipartisan bill would require the Department of Healt…

Tensions Flare Between Senators at Health Cybersecurity Hearing

(MedPage Today) -- Tensions ran high between the two leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee at a committee hearing Wednesday. The hearing was entitled "Securing the Future of Health Care: Enhancing Cybersecurity...

Trump bill will have major impact on health care cybersecurity, experts warn Congress

At the outset of a Senate hearing Wednesday on cybersecurity in the health care sector, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., took a moment to implore lawmakers and witnesses to stay focused on the topic at hand — and not veer off into discussions about the impact of cuts to the sector from Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill. Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said  any attempts by ranking member Bernie Sanders…

LIVE NOW: Senate Health Committee Holds Hearing on Health Care Cybersecurity and Privacy

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing titled “Securing the Future of Health Care: Enhancing Cybersecurity and Protecting Americans’ Privacy” at 10 a.m. ET on July 9. Witnesses include: Greg Garcia, executive director of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council; René Quashie, vice president of digital health at the Consumer Technology Association; Linda Stevenson, chief information officer…

Senate holds hearing on health care cybersecurity and patient privacy

In a statement submitted to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for a hearing today on health care cybersecurity and patient privacy, the AHA said the highest cyber risk for patient data is often through third-party service and software providers. The AHA encouraged Congress to use federal agencies and resources to protect hospitals and health systems, and in turn the patients they serve, by combating international cyber t…