Posts from April 2020.
CMS issues a COVID-19 related extension of the deadline for hospitals to implement the new Medicare Condition of Participation (CoP) that requires hospitals to transmit an electronic notification of a patient's admission, discharge and transfer to the patient's identified post-acute providers.
COVID-19 expanded the use of telehealth and it's likely here to stay. Cyber criminals are taking advantage of healthcare's quick turn to audio-video platforms without having taken time to protect health information from unauthorized disclosure. Here are some tips to ensure your audio-video communication is secure ...
On April 21, 2020, the American Hospital Association alerted its members that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) had issued an FBI Flash to update healthcare providers on additional cyber activity* that continues to exploit fears related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FBI stated that it had been notified of targeted email phishing ...