Apr 16, 2024

In March 2024, Change Healthcare was hacked and suddenly physicians all over America could not receive payments nor bill United Healthcare.  Change Healthcare is an intermediary clearing house for United Healthcare. Overnight, small and medium physician practices were affected.  How can you protect yourself as...

Apr 11, 2024

While small and medium physician practices are subject to cyber hacking, they are targeted less than major corporations. In fact, the hacking rate is 5.9% for small practices versus large corporations. The reason is that small physician practices do not usually take credit cards.  The data found in credit cards is...

Apr 9, 2024

Cyberawareness is important for users. People are lax with passwords and share passwords among co-workers to log into communal computers. Old software programs have haphazard software patches, and cyberhacking is a high risk. Look for HIPAA protection and HiTrust certification.

Apr 4, 2024

Most commonly information assets are hacked by ransomware,  misconfiguration,  credential stuffing, or social engineering.   Watch out for phishing and emails asking for money or your login data. Some IT security experts predict Blockchain Technology will be able to prevent hacking. In Blockchain Technology, the data is...

Apr 2, 2024

Watch out for cybersecurity. This is an ongoing threat. HIPAA protects patient data, but what about other data points? If hacked, the hospital can lose millions of dollars in repairing the hack, or class action lawsuits can worsen the profit margin of...