A recent case centered on the misuse of evaluation and management (E/M) codes in emergency department billing offers valuable insights for HIM professionals.
Between 2019 and 2023, large breaches stemming from hacking and IT incidents, including social engineering, increased by 89%. This underscores that cybersecurity is not just a technological challenge but also a human one—in fact, 68% of breaches examined by Verizon in a 2022–2023 data set involved attacks on people rather than technical vulnerabilities.
