by Gary Pritts | Mar 8, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Don’t become the next Catch of the Day! Nearly a quarter of physicians and direct healthcare providers are unable to identify a phishing email, a number 3 times higher than non-provider office workers. That’s according to a recent report on healthcare insights...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 7, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
In Part I of this article, we explored recent reports showing that the healthcare industry is struggling with cybersecurity in comparison to other major US industries. As we noted, the first issue is how valuable and attractive electronic health records are for...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 5, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
“Healthcare records contain some of the most detailed personal information available, and healthcare organizations are not doing enough to protect this information.” These blunt words sum up a recent report on the “cyberhealth of the healthcare industry” published by...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 22, 2018 | Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Previous Articles In This Series: Meltdown & Spectre Part I: What Are They? Meltdown & Spectre Part II: Impacts to Healthcare Organizations When we discuss checking and updating your computer against the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, we are really...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 20, 2018 | Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Previous Articles In This Series: Meltdown & Spectre Part I: What Are They? Meltdown & Spectre Part II: Impacts to Healthcare Organizations Meltdown & Spectre Part III: Checking and Updating Your Computer In the last post in this series, we started the...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 19, 2018 | Health Information Technology, HIPAA, Threat Intelligence
On February 5, 2018, Partners HealthCare issued a press release that it would notify patients whose health information may have been compromised following a malware attack. The health system noticed suspicious activity on May 8, 2017. They said that they “immediately...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 5, 2018 | General News
Specialists assisting early-childhood and school-aged children, as well as service and support administrators may appreciate the latest research-based findings regarding any beneficial dietary interventions for autism. Alternative health practitioners and advocacy...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 1, 2018 | DD Boards
“..Advocacy organizations . . . throughout the country continue to uncover terrible examples of abuse and neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries in group homes…”, according to a recently published Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Report. For...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 31, 2018 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The CMS Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) rules have changed for 2018, and the financial impact for physician practices has edged higher. Based on performance in 2018, physician reimbursement for Medicare Part B in calendar year 2020 will be reduced by as...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 31, 2018 | DD Boards, HIPAA
Eagle Consulting Partners is pleased to announce the release of its 2018 update of its Policies and Procedures for Ohio County Boards of Developmental Disability. These policies simultaneously comply with HIPAA, FERPA, IDEA and the Ohio law. They are fully updated...
