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AHA letter to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, expressing concern with UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of Change Healthcare.
President Biden in January issued an Executive Order on “Protecting Worker Health and Safety” requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider whether an “emergency temporary standard” (ETS) is necessary to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and if so, to issue it by March…
Guidelines Documenting ICD-10 Codes and Other Sensitive Information in Electronic Health Record
Fact Sheet: ICD-10-CM Coding for Human Trafficking
FBI reporting has indicated a recent increase in PYSA ransomware targeting education institutions in 12 US states and the United Kingdom. PYSA, also known as Mespinoza, is a malware capable of exfiltrating data and encrypting users’ critical files and data stored on their systems. The…
This edition of Hacking Healthcare begins by re-examining the issue of social media misinformation
and the effects it has on the public health sector.
This document outlines the financial impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and health systems.
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted new ICD codes to describe human trafficking (HT). These specific HT codes allow healthcare professionals and others to
optimize continuity of care for trafficked persons, determine health needs and effective treatments for HT-related…
At A Glance
The FBI prepared this Private Industry Notification (PIN) as a follow up to PIN 20200521-001, “Criminals and Nation-State Cyber Actors Conducting Widespread Pursuit of US Biological and COVID-19 Research,” released in May 2020. Nation-state adversaries have engaged in, and will…
As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced it is increasing the Medicare payment rates for COVID-19 vaccine administration.
Amicus Brief–Hospital Systems - 340B Payment Reductions March 12 2021