We are nearing the end of October and this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The job does not stop now, always be aware and #BecyberSafe. Here are notable healthcare breaches so far this year.
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Any clinician, group, subgroup, virtual group, or APM Entity that wasn’t able to submit their MIPS data solely because of the Change Healthcare cyberattack can request reweighting now through October 11, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET.
By Matt Fisher – When the likely inevitable data breach occurs, who is responsible for sending the notice? Does the answer change when a breach is bigger? Does the answer change because a business associate is involved? Understanding ahead of time is informative, especially since the issue has been thrown into the spotlight by the big breach at Change Healthcare.
CMS extended the data submission deadline to 4/15/24 and reopened the 2023 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application to provide relief to MIPS eligible clinicians impacted by this cybersecurity incident.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recognizes the impact that the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change Healthcare/Optum in late February (the Incident) has had on health care operations across the country.
By Beth Friedman – ViVE, a collaborative event sponsored by CHIME and HLTH, This year’s affair, hosted by the Los Angeles Convention Center, was my second ViVE Event and perhaps my best. Industry progress in virtual, value, and hospital room of the future shined on the exhibit floor. Here is what I saw.
Notable 2022 news being reported on payers and the health insurance industry.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance launched its inaugural Digital Quality Solutions pilot, a software product development project with six trailblazing health plans, delivery systems and health information technology firms.
This is our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward which include Onfido, Delfin Health, Welldoc, University of Maryland, Change Healthcare, Samsung Medison, Intel, TractManager, Atomwise, GC Pharma, Viz.ai, Microsoft for Healthcare & Wolters Kluwer, Health.