Bipartisan Bill Proposes CISA-HHS Liaison to Address Hospital Cyberattacks

A bipartisan bill, the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act, would establish a formal CISA–HHS liaison to enable real-time threat information sharing, coordinated incident response, and joint studies on vulnerabilities affecting hospitals—particularly small and rural facilities, medical devices, and electronic health records—aiming to address a surge in ransomware attacks that have disrupted care and compromised patient data; the piece praises the focus on resilience while criticizing gaps in the bill such as the lack of real-time monitoring and deeper regulatory authority.