Senators introduce bipartisan cyber healthcare bill featuring grants, improved interagency coordination

An influential group of senators have introduced legislation offering a multi-faceted approach to strengthen cybersecurity in the healthcare sector, including grants and increased agency coordination to address cyber attacks.

“Cyberattacks on our health care sector not only put patients’ sensitive health data at risk but can delay life-saving care. This bipartisan legislation ensures health institutions can safeguard Americans’ health data against increasing cyber threats,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said in a Nov. 22 release. Cassidy is ranking member of...