HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2022

Multifactor authentication should be enforced on all accounts to block attempts to use stolen credentials. Use of default credentials and configurations. The failure to change default credentials provides attackers with easy access, as default credentials are often in the public domain. Suggested Mitigations.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Use Secure Wi-Fi to Protect Connected Medical Devices Healthcare IoT devices often rely on the same networks as general-purpose IT equipment, making them more susceptible to infection or attack. If a file is deemed malicious, this solution takes action to prevent the code from executing, thus protecting the network and digital assets.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2024

What You Should Know: – CareCloud , a leader in health tech solutions, and Kovo HealthTech , a prominent billing-as-a-service provider, have announced a strategic collaboration. Strengthening Billing and Beyond Kovo boasts a vast network of over 2,250 healthcare providers already benefiting from its efficient billing solutions.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The threat actors mostly use social engineering in their attacks to gain access to healthcare networks and are known to conduct sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns. Fake accounts were used to trick targets into opening malware-infected files or to lure them onto phishing URLs to steal credentials. children’s hospital.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 4, 2024

Physician credentialing is an essential aspect of healthcare operations that ensures medical professionals meet the necessary qualifications and standards to provide care. However, deciding if the physician credentialing services cost is worth it can be a daunting task. So how much does physician credentialing services cost?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2023

Verifiable’s comprehensive suite of network management solutions and real-time verifications empowers healthcare organizations to expedite credentialing from multiple weeks to a matter of days. Humana chose Verifiable to insource, automate and centralize credentialing operations on the Salesforce platform.

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Compliance 52

MedTrainer

JANUARY 22, 2024

MedTrainer Director of Credentialing Services Brent Althoff speaks with Outcomes Rocket podcast host Saul Marquez in an episode titled Protecting the Revenue Cycle With Credentialing. Brent shares his experience working both with medical and dental groups as well as with one of the nation’s largest payers. “My

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Compliance 52

Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is where mental health billing and credentialing services come into play. Mental health billing and credentialing services are essential aspects of the healthcare industry. About Medisys Data Solutions (MDS) Medisys Data Solutions (MDS) is a dependable and trustworthy mental health billing company.

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Provider Trust

APRIL 14, 2023

When a healthcare provider or organization bills a payer for services rendered, payers need up-to-date credentialing data to ensure these providers are properly licensed to give expert clinical services. Regardless of your approach, the credentialing process can be quite complex.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

Systems that only require a username and password for entry are incredibly vulnerable, as approximately half of all breaches start with compromised credentials. When opening emails, for instance, users should check that the email address is in their network or is from a trusted contact before clicking any links in the body.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Striving to be the digital consciousness of healthcare leadership, innovation, and problem-solving, the podcast inspires collaborative thinking amongst healthcare leaders to solve problems and create healthcare solutions. Learn more about our mission at www.outcomesrocket.health.

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Compliance 52

MedTrainer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Striving to be the digital consciousness of healthcare leadership, innovation, and problem-solving, the podcast inspires collaborative thinking amongst healthcare leaders to solve problems and create healthcare solutions. Learn more about our mission at www.outcomesrocket.health.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 10, 2023

What You Should Know: Verifiable , an API-first innovator to the antiquated provider network management software category, has raised $27 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures to accelerate its next stage of growth and product innovation. The funding will also further accelerate Verifiable’s collaboration with Salesforce.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Encrypted email, secure messaging platforms, and virtual private networks (VPNs) can help protect data during transit. Don’t: Access or transmit patient data on public Wi-Fi networks Public Wi-Fi networks, commonly found in coffee shops, airports, and hotels, lack the necessary security measures to protect sensitive patient data.

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Symplr

JULY 18, 2022

So when a hospital can rapidly identify whether a certain specialist is in their hospital or network, a transfer can be avoided, bolstering patient safety, quality, and revenue. This scramble occurs even though end-to-end provider data management technology exists.

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Hospitals 97

MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

The credentialing process — also called provider credentialing, physician credentialing, or medical credentialing — is a critical part of onboarding. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has established a set of standards that currently act as a guideline on how to credential health care providers.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 21, 2023

What is Credentialing Doctors? Credentialing of doctors is a process that involves the evaluation of a doctor’s qualifications, education, training, licensure, and experience to determine if they meet the requirements set by the insurance company.

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Provider Trust

JULY 26, 2023

When patients need care, they search through a provider directory to find someone in their healthcare network or plan that can provide them with the medical services they need. This data is relied upon daily – not just by patients seeking care but also for credential monitoring purposes, coordinating benefits, and more.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 22, 2024

As competition for healthcare technology has grown, it has motivated solution providers to offer extras beyond basic product and support,” Kevin explains. “ The industry is still very fragmented with many very small practices and groups that may be slow to adopt great efficiency through technology. Read more from Kevin’s perspective. “

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Striving to be the digital consciousness of healthcare leadership, innovation, and problem-solving, the podcast inspires collaborative thinking amongst healthcare leaders to solve problems and create healthcare solutions. Learn more about our mission at www.outcomesrocket.health.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Robin Manke-Cassidy, Director, Solution Marketing at Cradlepoint In the world of healthcare, new technologies aren’t just about being on the cutting edge of the latest trend. The latest 5G technologies, an increase in IoT devices, and the right network architecture create a perfect innovation combination for today’s healthcare sector.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Learning how to become a credentialing specialist might be the perfect path for you. It is the credentialing specialist who guarantees that practitioners are qualified to provide the care patients trust them with. Read on to discover the steps on how to become a credentialing specialist. What Is a Credentialing Specialist?

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 17, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning that Russian state-sponsored actors are exploiting default multi-factor authentication protocols and the PrintNightmare vulnerability to gain access to networks to steal sensitive data.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2023

Clop was behind the attacks on Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT solution in January/February 2023 and the 2022 attacks on the Accellion File Transfer Application (FTA), both of which exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in those solutions. LockBit ransomware was deployed in some of the attacks.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Importance of NCQA Certification for CVOs Verifying credentials for practitioners and affiliated organizations is a key component of patient safety in healthcare. It allows organizations to stay compliant with state and federal requirements and maintains their accreditation with Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other programs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Trilliant Health released Network Explorer , which analyzes physician referral patterns and network performance. Provider network management vendor Medallion launched a one-day credentialing solution. Health information network Availity issued five principles for the responsible use of AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

b.well also welcomed to its board Hon Pak , MD, Head of Digital Health at Samsung, who has played a key role in the companies’ combined efforts to unify consumer health data, solutions, and services for millions of consumers. “The support from Leavitt Equity Partners and the expertise of Dr. .”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The pace of technology and regulations is changing rapidly, and a gap assessment can give an organization a frame of mind to mark where they are while also recognizing the needs they must bridge for everyone who connects to the network. The good news is the solutions exist. But it’s about doing more than the minimum.

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Hospitals Ransomware Public Health 72

MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Physician credentialing is a necessary step for medical professionals before becoming providers. In order to actually provide services to patients, one must be credentialed to prove that they’re competent. What Is Provider Credentialing? Provider Credentialing Provider credentialing is a critical process in healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Radiology Specialists for numerous services, including network management and protection. Radiology Specialists protected the networks of its partners with a SonicWall firewall. million settlement , and PracticeFirst Medical Management Solutions settled its investigation with the New York AG and paid a $550,000 penalty.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 27, 2023

While finding the answer for ‘what is provider credentialing in healthcare?’ let start with defining provider credentialing. The goal of provider credentialing is to ensure that patients receive safe, high-quality care from qualified and competent healthcare providers.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

– CertifyOS delivers API-first credentialing, licensing, and enrollment to payors, health systems and rapidly-scaling digital health companies. Started by former Oscar Health employees, CertifyOS is led by a team with deep expertise in the provider licensing and credentialing processes. Provider Intelligence Platform.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 25, 2022

Web application attacks most commonly target internet-facing web servers and commonly leverage stolen credentials to gain access to the application or exploit vulnerabilities in the application or underlying architecture. While IT teams fight to resolve the DDoS attack, their attention is elsewhere and malware is deployed on the network.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2022

They can then make informed decisions about the security solutions they need to invest in that will give them the best ROI in terms of security. Almost one-third of businesses did not have a management platform for IT secrets, such as API keys, database passwords, and privileged credentials. According to the study, U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It has become increasingly common for threat actors to use living-off-the-land techniques for conducting reconnaissance, privilege escalation, persistence, and moving laterally within networks undetected. AnyDesk is a remote access solution that is used to access several operating systems for providing remote IT support.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

News and Surveys More than half (52%) of provider organizations use entirely manual workflows for credentialing and network management , according to a survey from Medallion. Rimidi launched The Rimidi Care Network , a partnership program for remote monitoring clinical service providers.

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MedTrainer

JULY 10, 2023

Even after someone goes through all the schooling, passes their medical boards and obtains a license to practice, physician credentialing still stands between a provider and patients — no matter where they are in their career. What is Physician Credentialing? Why is Physician Credentialing Needed? Quality assurance.

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