Healthcare providers beware–your practice needs proper security systems to not only prevent hacking, but identify them if they occur! A Colorado hospital was not as...Read More
Do you know who is accessing the practice’s patient’s protected health information (“PHI”)? While many healthcare providers would quickly respond, “of course,” healthcare providers would...Read More
Healthcare providers are busy practicing medicine and treating patients; however, the information networks that contain patients’ protected health information could be under attack. According to...Read More
Cyber criminals are becoming acutely aware that healthcare organizations are a treasure trove of juicy information: patient names, dates of birth, social security numbers, addresses,...Read More
Congratulations! You just got it! If your practice has been feverishly working with its electronic medical record to make sure that it hits the Meaningful...Read More
ABSOLUTELY!! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is taking a proactive step toward preventing fraudulent repayment claims before they occur by blocking several home...Read More
Many healthcare providers understand that the healthcare environment is moving toward an electronic age, yet many healthcare providers are not proactively implementing proper safeguards to...Read More
Healthcare providers and hospitals across the nation are starting to utilize Health Information Exchanges, which are not to be confused with the Healthcare Marketplace under...Read More
It did for University of Pennsylvania patients. The University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn), through its billing business associate, RevSpring, inadvertently sent patients bills containing both...Read More
