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This week, Hacking Healthcare begins by exploring how North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance members are strengthening their collective response to cyberattacks and disinformation operations against critical infrastructure sectors, and how such exercises are especially…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late on April 27, 2021, issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS proposed rule for fiscal year 2022. AHA staff are reviewing the rule.
AHA Statement on FY 2022 Proposed IPPS Rule from Executive Vice President Tom Nickels.
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a critical component to modern health information technology infrastructures. Due to their role in passing information between resources, they present themselves as an enticing target for attackers to either carry out data breaches or as hop points…
The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a “net effect”…
n April 26, 2021, HHS Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) was made aware of postcards being sent to healthcare organizations advising recipients that they are required to participate in a “Required Security Risk Assessment” which can be completed at www[.]hsaudit.org.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assess Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) cyber actors—also known as Advanced Persistent Threat 29 (APT 29), the Dukes, CozyBear, and Yttrium—will continue to seek intelligence from US and…
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a critical component to modern health information technology infrastructures.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced the presentation of its 2020 Award of Honor to March of Dimes for its commitment to advancing the health and well-being of mothers and babies.
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Sara Jumping Eagle, M.D., and Kaylee Merrell, R.N., of the Indian Health Service discuss the plan to reduce the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rates in Indigenous communities through vaccine distribution and an administration strategy with national and…