Eagle partners with KnowBe4 to offer security awareness training to our clients. KnowBe4 is presenting a webinar on August 22, 2019, to show how to effectively enable DMARC, SPF, and DKIM in order to greatly cut down on phishing email. Phishing attacks continue to be...
Primary Care Physicians and ACOs ACO Series: Part 2 ACOs are groups of clinicians and organizations that band together to save Medicare money by keeping beneficiaries healthy. Click here for a basic overview of how ACOs work and how bonuses are paid. Who better to...
CMS released the MIPS 2020 Proposed Rule a few weeks ago and Eagle Consulting Partners is proud to provide a redlined version showing changes from 2019. Our intent in releasing this annual resource is to support clinicians in maximizing their success under MIPS...
The Drummond Group is proud to support the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) CSF framework as one of its first CSF Assessors beginning in 2010. The HITRUST CSF is both a risk and compliance-based framework which leverages existing, globally recognized...
BREAKING NEWS: CMS Releases the 2020 MIPS Proposed Rule! CMS released the 2020 proposed rule for the MIPS program yesterday. Here are the key details: Performance Threshold CMS proposes to increase the performance threshold to 45 points in 2020 and 60 points in 2021....
Ransomware attacks are targeting local governments in a big way this year, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom payments and tens of millions of dollars in financial impacts. These attacks have evolved of late to be much more effective in taking...
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7, Server 2008, and Server 2008 R2 operating systems in January 2020. Upgrade this year to avoid security vulnerabilities. All software products have a life-cycle. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide...
ACO Series: Part 1 Accountable Care Organization 101: What is an ACO? An Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is an optional Medicare reimbursement program. In the ACO model, doctors and/or hospitals band together and provide care to at least 5,000 Medicare patients....
Ten years after the EHR-promoting HITECH Act was passed, many EHRs still struggle with functionality, are not user friendly, don’t “talk to each other”, and even malfunction, according to Fortune and Kaiser Health News. Most of of the time, these...
Small medical practices are not immune from cyberattacks, but complex recommendations are overwhelming. We present our top 10 cybersecurity basics to protect against data breaches and other cybersecurity risks. Top 10 Cybersecurity Recommendations for Small Practices...
