by Gary Pritts | Nov 22, 2019 | General News, Large Providers, Physician Practices
Proposed Changes to 42 CFR Part 2 Will Affect Community Health Centers and Other Clinics In response to the opioid crisis, the medical community has increased its efforts to offer solutions. With encouragement from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 21, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, DD Boards, General News, Large Providers, Physician Practices, Threat Intelligence
Business Email Compromise Increases, $26B in annual losses, per FBI The FBI, on September 10, 2019, issued a public service announcement regarding Business Email Compromise (BEC) threats. BEC is a sophisticated scam that targets government agencies, businesses, and...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 14, 2019 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News, Physician Practices
Click Here to Download Eagle’s MIPS 2020 Top 5 Changes On November 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2020 final MIPS rule. Per usual, most of the proposed changes were approved. However, in an unprecedented move by CMS, several...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 7, 2019 | DD Boards, General News, Revenue Cycle Management
Recovering from Third-Generation Ransomware Attack Decision-makers need to understand the impacts of a third-generation ransomware attack so that they can properly allocate budgets and set priorities for recovering from ransomware, including: Safeguards that can...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 7, 2019 | DD Boards, General News, Threat Intelligence
3rd Generation Ransomware – Worst Cyber Threat Yet Eagle Consulting Partners has been writing about the threats of ransomware for several years. We estimate that at least 25% of our customer base has had at least 1 ransomware incident during this time. Because of...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 31, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News, HIPAA
Some of the most infamous hacking incidents have arisen from third-party access to a corporate network that does not have secure remote access. Perhaps most infamously, the 2013 Target hack which compromised 110 million credit/debit cards used remote access granted...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 31, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News, Threat Intelligence
Telework Security: Securing Home and Remote Workers It goes by many names: Telework. Telecommute. Work from home. Remote work. According to recently released data from the US Census, 5.2% of Americans – 8 million people – worked from home in 2017. Home workers...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 30, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News
SaaS providers can reduce HITRUST certification costs with HITRUST Inheritance Program Vendors who use the Software as a service (SaaS) distribution model have enjoyed considerable success in the healthcare marketplace. A challenge that they face is increased...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 28, 2019 | DD Boards
IT Security Guide for DD Board Superintendents DD leaders, are you…. Making the right data security investments for your Board? Unsure of your cyber risks or whether sensitive computer IT is protected? Worried about information security and not sure where to...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 21, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News, HIPAA, Large Providers, Physician Practices
If the worst happens, does your organization have a Disaster Recovery Plan to restore operations and computer systems? Read on to learn more about this important preparation. Ransomware is a scourge, destroying computer systems, causing millions of dollars in damages,...
