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Archive of cybersecurity alerts and members-only resources from 2015 to 2017
Tom Nickels, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, was joined by Kameron Matthews, M.D., acting deputy undersecretary for health for community care, Veterans Health Administration, to discuss VA’s efforts to improve claims processing for the Patient-Centered…
Cyber actors targeted US critical infrastructure using a malicious attachment leveraging the “shellshock” vulnerability based on historical and current investigative analysis.
      The FBI has observed an increase in cybercriminal actors using widespread tactics to gain access to companies’ employee payroll data. In 2017, the FBI and IC3 identified approximately 17 cases. As of July 2018, the FBI and IC3 have identified approximately 47 payroll…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 9 issued a rule proposing changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the MSSP.
On July 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its CY 2019 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule would substantially expand Medicare site-neutral payment policies in several areas and make…
Comparison between CY 2019 OPPS proposed rule and CY 2018 relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using CMS’s Addendum A This excel spreadsheet compares relative weights and payment rates at the APC level, using the CY 2019 OPPS proposed rule Addendum A compared to CY 2018…