Molina Healthcare, a leading Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurer across 12 states, recently suffered a security breach in which patient records were exposed on their online subscriber portal. The application flaw, which was present on the web for nearly a month...
Last week, news reports emerged that the Beverly Hills, CA plastic surgery practice of Zain Kadri, MD, suffered an extensive insider data breach. A recently terminated employee is implicated. The breach included roughly 15,000 documents of patients from 16 states and...
Since Friday, May 12, 2017, a major international ransomware attack affected 10,000 organizations and 200,000 individuals in 150 countries. Named “WannaCry,” the speed, impact and global spread of this attack is unprecedented. The federal departments of...
It hasn’t been widely publicized, but President Trump’s administration brought five HIPAA enforcement actions, totaling $11,631,000, during his first 100 days in office. The appointment of Roger Severino as the Director, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), on...
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”. The Physician Meaningful Use Program...
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”. A recent survey conducted by SERMO...
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, on May 4, the House of Representatives passed an updated version of the American Health Care Act. The Senate has begun a review which is expected to result in significant revisions. CMS has also...
An Eagle Consulting Partners client, a 10 physician practice, shared their ransomware story. In the words of the system administrator: It was about 6PM on a Wednesday evening and I needed to do some maintenance on the EMR server. I was at home. Typically I wait...
On October 7, 2016, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its new webpage, “Guidance on HIPAA & Cloud Computing.” Healthcare organizations are increasingly using cloud computing vendors for electronic records, billing and revenue cycle management, file...
On October 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) released the 2,400 page final rule for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). This rule defines the programs outlined in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The QPP was...
