The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory on potential sanction risks for facilitating ransomware payments. It warned that entities, including hospitals, paying off ransomware demands might be subject to civil monetary penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

This action places hospitals in danger of being guilty of such violations, even when they are the victim of a crime. Reporting our lead story during this edition of Monitor Mondays is RACmonitor investigative reporter Ed Roche, who has been reporting on ransomware for RACmonitor since 2017.

Other segments featured during the podcast  include:

• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications during the pandemic.
  
  
• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.
  
  
• RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, a partner at the law firm of Practus, will file the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.
  
  
• Legislative Update: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of COVID-19 and the SDoH. Ellen will also conduct the Monitor Mondays Listeners Survey.