A $11,253,400 settlement has been reached between Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and Centene Corporation, its parent firm, to resolve claims that HNFS misrepresented compliance with cybersecurity requirements as part of its Defense Health Agency (DHA) TRICARE contract.
In order to supply managed healthcare support services for TRICARE’s North region, which spans 22 states, the U.S. government hired HNFS.
According to the terms of the contract, the security controls from NIST Special Publication 800-53 (Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations) and 48 C.F.R. § 252.204-7012 have to be followed read more about US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses.
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