Ransomware: Understanding the Legal Ramifications for Hospitals and Health Systems

George Jackson, Director of Health IT and Digital Health, Clearwater, speaks with Nathan Kottkamp, Partner, Williams Mullen, about the legal ramifications that health systems need to be prepared for when planning for the potential of ransomware attacks. They discuss the importance of cybersecurity insurance, legal liabilities for third parties that are involved with a health system experiencing a breach, legal issues surrounding ransomware payments, and the three components of incident response. Nathan recently wrote and spoke about this topic for AHLA’s Top Ten 2022 article and podcast series. Sponsored by Clearwater.Essential Legal Updates, Now in AudioAHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal EducationLearn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/.