The HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients

Ty Greenhalgh, Managing Member, Cyber Tygr. Julie Chua, Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance, United States Department of Health and Human Services.

March 30, 2020

  • Learn CMS’s “Top 5 Threats” and “10 Best Practices” targeted to mitigate specific cybersecurity threats in easy to understand terms providing templates and toolkits: PnPs, Self-Assessment, Roadmaps, and Best Practices

  • The Lower Health Care Cost Act recommends basing section 502 “Recognition of Security Practices” on this HHS publication which under HITECH can reduce fines, decrease the length of audits, and limit remedies within agreements like Corrective Action Plans

  • The Congressionally mandated 405(d) Task Group, supported by HHS/OCR, comprised of 150 cybersecurity experts has determined the 10 Best Mitigation Practices for small, medium, and large organizations. 2019 FedHealthIT Award Winner!

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