The U.S. Judicial Panel has centralized all pretrial proceedings in the Change Healthcare lawsuit. Due to illnesses among the defense team, a conference scheduled for December 4 has been postponed. The court has directed the plaintiffs and defendants to hold separate meetings to discuss a potential data breach settlement. Many affected individuals are just now learning about the breach and may also file individual arbitration claims.
Health care cybersecurity focuses on privacy protection, not attacks
Healthcare data privacy laws appear inadequate for protecting living patients’ information, allowing cyberattacks to risk lives and close healthcare facilities. A single data breach such
