by Gary Pritts | Oct 4, 2019 | General News, Physician Practices
Want Eagle to do it for you? Contact us today and have your approval within the hour. MIPS-eligible clinicians looking to apply for the hardship exception from the Promoting Interoperability (formerly Advancing Care Information) category can now submit their...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 4, 2019 | General News, Physician Practices
No EHR? No problem. Eagle Consulting has extensive experience working with practices that still do paper charting to maximize their MIPS incentives. Many MIPS participants are under the impression that an electronic health record (EHR) is necessary to participate in...
by Gary Pritts | Sep 30, 2019 | General News, Physician Practices
While Primary Care Physicians are integral to the proliferation of a successful ACO, its unrealistic to think that beneficiaries will not need specialty treatment at some (or many) points in their episodes of care. ACOs need specialists, too! So… I’m a...
by Gary Pritts | Sep 5, 2019 | General News, Health Information Technology, HIPAA, Large Providers, Physician Practices
Last week, two Wisconsin companies that provide an online service to dental offices, Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft, told 400 dental office customers of a ransomware attack. The files on the computer networks of the dental offices were scrambled in a ransomware...
by Gary Pritts | Sep 5, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News, Physician Practices
Last week email security vendor Vade Secure published its quarterly Phishers’ Favorites report, which ranks the brands used by phishers. These rankings are based on data obtained from users of its email security products. It is important for practices to...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 27, 2019 | DD Boards, General News, HIPAA
Most County Boards of Developmental Disabilities are performing at least a periodic Security Risk Assessment (SRA). The SRA, mandated by HIPAA, explores risks to the security of electronic Protected Health Information (PHI). But what about the rest of the PHI? A...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 27, 2019 | DD Boards, General News, Threat Intelligence
If the worst happens, does your Developmental Disabilities Board 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...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 26, 2019 | DD Boards, General News, Threat Intelligence
As school districts prepared for the start of the new year, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency after four districts were hit with ransomware attacks.¹ Making the declaration allowed state funds and resources to be allocated to help the...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 22, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, DD Boards, General News, Large Providers, Physician Practices, Threat Intelligence
Ransomware remains a major cyber threat to organizations of all sizes. The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just issued a special publication about ransomware protection, mitigation, and recovery recommendations. Eagle is re-posting the CISA...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 20, 2019 | Business Associates & Others, General News, Health Information Technology, Threat Intelligence
Third-Party Risk Why do your hospital clients need HITRUST Certification? Numerous studies have documented that third parties create a significant amount of cyber-risk for hospitals. The Ponemon Institute, in their study Data Risk in the Third-party Ecosystem, found...
