March 28, 2024
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HHS mulls cybersecurity implications of expanded online offerings
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering additional cybersecurity and privacy requirements for insurance companies as it contemplates allowing them to manage individual health insurance applications outside the federal government’s online portal.
Proposed benefit and payment parameters for 2017 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act call for consideration of additional requirements to safeguard consumer information online, if applications are to be completed outside the Healthcare.gov government portal. Such considerations include “more robust” privacy and security...