Attorneys on Monday reached an agreement to temporarily maintain the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) mandate that requires health insurance plans to cover preventive care while a court case over the mandate plays out, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania.

• Texas: Attorneys on Monday reached an agreement that will temporarily maintain the ACA's requirement that health insurance plans cover preventive care while a court case over the mandate plays out. In March, a district court in Texas ruled that part of the mandate was unconstitutional, however the Fifth Circuit Court temporarily stayed the ruling last month. Attorneys for the Biden administration and opponents of the mandate said the agreement would leave the mandate intact but would include an exception for small businesses and those challenging the mandate, allowing them to use a health plan that does not cover all preventive care services. The appellate court must approve the lawyers' agreement. (Kliff, New York Times, 6/12)
• New York: Aegis Ventures announced on Wednesday that former emeritus president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, John Noseworthy, would serve as executive chair of Caire, a startup creation platform company launched in January by Aegis and Northwell Holdings, the investment arm of Northwell Health. "The innovator's dilemma is tech comes up with a solution, then they try to find a problem to apply it to or a market to buy it," Noseworthy said. "I was convinced from what I heard that [Caire] realized that the health systems need to be at the center of this. And they need to identify what are the most vexing issues that they're dealing with for patient care or their business model." (Perna, Modern Healthcare, 6/14)
• Pennsylvania: Onix Group, a business administration service provider, announced it was a victim of a ransomware attack on March 27 in which hackers were able to acquire files containing the data of up to 319,500 patients at Addiction Recovery Systems, Cadia Healthcare, Physician's Mobile X-Ray, and Onix Hospitality Group. The stolen information varied from person to person and may have included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and information related to scheduling, billing, and clinical information. The breach was reported to HHS' Office of Civil Rights. (Alder, The HIPAA Journal, 6/12)