Health payment group hires cyber forensics firm following breach that could set policy tone

The American Medical Collection Agency has hired a cybersecurity forensics firm to investigate a data breach recently revealed by its client – medical testing company Quest Diagnostics – that has attracted the attention of lawmakers who are considering breach-notification requirements.

“We hired a third-party external forensics firm to investigate any potential security breach in our systems, migrated our web payments portal services to a third-party vendor, and retained additional experts to advise on, and implement, steps to increase our systems’...