Patrick Newbold will be joining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) component as its new chief information officer (CIO) and director of the Office of Information Technology.  […]

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is issuing more than a dozen recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after it discovered that HHS has failed to implement all the key privacy safeguards for its pandemic IT systems that collect and store personally identifiable information (PII).  […]

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Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., this week introduced the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act to require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on improving cybersecurity activities. […]

Healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) and the establishment of a cybersecurity gateway are among several ways that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is protecting against threats as cyberattacks on the healthcare industry rise. […]

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A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill last week that would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to hire a special liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate during cybersecurity incidents. […]

Kemba Walden, Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director

Former acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden said Thursday that in light of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in February that paralyzed the largest healthcare payment system in the country, Congress needs to act on legislation to codify cyber requirements for the healthcare industry. […]

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) – a research component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – National Eye Institute (NEI) has tapped Kevin Chu to serve as deputy chief information officer (CIO) according to his LinkedIn profile. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has chosen Micky Tripathi to serve as the department’s acting chief AI officer (CAIO), an HHS spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants Management Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) is looking for feedback from the vendor community on the state of the commercial grants IT market. […]

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Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prioritize cybersecurity efforts in the healthcare sector. […]

To align with the Biden-Harris administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has committed to leading the first-ever Agency Priority Goal (APG) dedicated solely to advancing customer experience (CX). […]

Government agencies and private sector firms need to boost their cybersecurity capabilities to keep pace with increasing threats and should turn to AI and quantum computing for help in pursuing that goal, Federal cybersecurity experts said today at the Visualyze Zero Trust Security Summit hosted by MeriTalk and Gigamon in Washington, D.C […]

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new data strategy that aims to advance the agency’s management and use of data to improve health outcomes for all Americans. […]

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a concept paper that outlines the department’s cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector, detailing four key actions it will take to advance cyber resiliency in the sector. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has tapped Jennifer Wendel to serve as acting chief information officer (CIO), according to the agency’s website. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking to establish a new “program management office support” that aims to back up zero trust security implementation across the department, according to a newly published contract opportunity. […]

CMS

Keith Busby has been tapped as the new deputy chief information security officer (CISO) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to his LinkedIn profile. […]

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A bipartisan pair of lawmakers – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho – have sent queries to three Federal agencies asking for clarification on how these agencies are implementing best practices to safely utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. […]

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) La Monte Yarborough said on Monday that upgrading outdated IT systems and bolstering security efforts is crucial to improving public trust and user experience (UX). […]

Maria Persaud-Thompson is starting a new job as chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), according to her LinkedIn account. […]

AI

As the Biden administration gears up to release an AI executive order (EO) this fall, the government has consolidated use cases of the technology across 20 Federal agencies. […]

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A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made it clear that Federal agencies can and must dutifully monitor whether their contractors comply with the E-Verify program that focuses on verifying the legal eligibility of employees to work in the U.S. […]

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