Congress Introduces Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity

U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan Healthcare Cybersecurity Bill to bolster defenses in the healthcare sector by mandating CISA–HHS collaboration on real-time threat intelligence sharing, provider training, sector-specific risk management, high-risk asset identification, and congressional reporting. Motivated by major incidents like the 2024 Change Healthcare ransomware attack, the initiative aligns with HHS plans to update the HIPAA Security Rule to require stronger authentication and continuous security testing for protected health information.