“In light of many published media reports, including a Healthcare Informatics article posted Monday, regarding an ongoing controversy over the reassignment of top cyber leaders at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the ongoing work of its Healthcare Cybersecurity Communications Integration Center (HCCIC), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has responded with an official statement confirming that there is an investigation involving the HCCIC.”
“An OIG spokesperson provided a statement via email: “The OIG has a general practice of neither confirming nor denying the existence of an investigation being conducted by our office. However, because information has come to light that suggests that the OIG was conducting an investigation involving the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC), we are willing to acknowledge that an OIG investigation involving HCCIC is/was ongoing. We are not at liberty to provide any further details at this time.’”
“As noted in the Healthcare Informatics article posted Monday, Janet Vogel, currently the deputy chief information officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS), will be moving over to take over the HHS Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role, replacing Chris Wlaschin, who announced he was stepping down for personal reasons.”
“In choosing Vogel, HHS reached out to the CMS to assist in this next phase given…” Read the full article here.
Source: OIG Confirms HCCIC Investigation, HHS’ Cyber Efforts Moving Forward – By Heather Landi, March 29, 2018. Healthcare Informatics.
