How Will Your Employees Get You Hacked?
By Art Gross – Breaches are becoming increasingly common as cybercriminals continue to advance their skills and tactics to trick their victims into falling for their scams.
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It Will Take a “Community” at HIMSS18 to Break Down the Barriers of Health Data Exchange
By Buff Colchagoff – It’s no secret that breaking down the barriers of health data interoperability is a major challenge in the healthcare arena, which will certainly be a major discussion topic at HIMSS 2018.
ERISA: The Safe Health Insurance Plan
By Alex Tate – A great source of confusion in dealing with health plans, health insurance plans, is that some of them are not really insurance. They are what are referred to as self-insured, or ERISA plans.
Recent Healthcare Regulations and Guidelines Providers Should Be Aware Of
By Jonathan Nguyen-Duy – Healthcare has long been a regulated space due to the sensitive personal information collected and stored. Top of mind when thinking of healthcare regulations is HIPAA, which provides comprehensive and mandatory standards for ensuring the security and privacy of PHI.
What is Your Personal Information Worth on the Dark Web?
By Art Gross – The dark web is often known for the illegal activities conducted there, and while not everything on the dark web is illegal, it’s most appealing factor is its anonymity.
Community Health Centers Caught In ‘Washington’s Political Dysfunction’
By Steven Findlay – As lawmakers faced another deadline recently for passing legislation to keep the federal government open, one of the outstanding issues is long-term funding for a key health care safety-net program.
Modifications to MIPS by the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018”
By Tom S. Lee – The Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR1892) (officially renamed the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018”) enacted by the United States Congress and President Trump on February 9, 2018 extends the transition years for MIPS to include 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Outsourcing Coding Boosts Efficiency, Bottom Line
By Michael DiMarco – Healthcare organizations of all sizes have long outsourced various functions within their revenue cycle to specialists capable of boosting efficiencies across their operation.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January 2018
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January that we think deserve sharing again.