by Gary Pritts | Jan 30, 2018 | DD Boards, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
You may have heard of the recent SamSam ransomware attack on Allscripts, a juggernaut in electronic health record (EHR) services, but SamSam has also attacked other healthcare-related organizations. SamSam has attacked Erie County Medical Center (Buffalo, NY), Adams...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 26, 2018 | General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Allscripts, the largest physician practice Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor, was attacked by the SamSam ransomware. As of Friday, January 26, 2018, physicians using Allscripts flagship EHR service, PRO EHR, from their Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC data centers...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 20, 2018 | DD Boards, General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
During December, 2017, Eagle Consulting received an inquiry from a small medical practice that lost its entire electronic record database in an attack from the Hermes ransomware. By the time the practice became aware of the attack, the damaged database overwrote the...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 17, 2018 | DD Boards, General News, Health Information Technology, HIPAA, Threat Intelligence
Start with Meltdown and Spectre Part I: What Are They? HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates should pay attention to three major risk areas from Meltdown and Spectre: One — Unpatched equals unsafe, especially for these vulnerabilities. Unfortunately,...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 15, 2018 | DD Boards, General News, Threat Intelligence
Phillip Durachinsky of North Royalton, Ohio, was charged on 01/10/2018 for his role in creating and deploying malware called “Fruitfly”. According to the indictment, Durachinsky developed Fruitfly around 2003, and since then infected thousands of computers, including...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 14, 2018 | DD Boards, General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
The computer industry was rocked in early 2018 by the announcement that all computers, tablets, and smartphones made in the last twenty or more years are affected by two serious vulnerabilities, called Meltdown and Spectre. These two vulnerabilities are unusual and...
by Gary Pritts | Jan 10, 2018 | General News
The Federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (42 CFR Part 2) was revised on January 3, 2018, and becomes effective on February 2, 2018. This regulation affects 1) health providers who offer substance abuse treatment programs, and 2) any...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 8, 2017 | DD Boards, Health Information Technology, HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
Cloud storage HIPAA compliance requires some smart preparation and security work. The computing industry is moving to a cloud-centric model, and one of the significant trends is moving business data storage into the cloud. In many cases, cloud storage is more...
by Katie Pellegrino | Aug 8, 2017 | DD Boards, General News, HIPAA, Revenue Cycle Management
In recent news, a school counselor and the owner of Western Carolina Counseling Services, Joseph Frank Korzelius, pleaded guilty to health care fraud having used the personal information from his students to submit false Medicaid billings. In total, Korzelius was...
by Eagle Editor | Aug 8, 2017 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the “Meaningful Use” programs and MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. Eagle has reviewed the proposed...
