Breaches of PHI are increasingly in the news and the value of the data stolen is high. The healthcare industry is a significant target when it comes to cyber crime. Standard credit monitoring or insurance does little when it comes to medical identity theft. MIDAS, offered by ID Experts®, is a tool that can assist payers in early detection of medical identify theft and reduce fraud, going where existing tools have yet to go. It is a solution that's unique in today's market.
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta was thrust into the international spotlight in the summer of 2014 as the world anxiously watched first one, then two, then three humanitarian workers infected with the Ebola virus return from West Africa to the United States for treatment as the months dragged on and public anxiety soared. The fourth patient treated at Emory was a nurse who became infected while caring for an Ebola patient at a Texas hospital.
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry are often decided upon and negotiated by C-suite staff with involvement from security and IT professionals. However, significant security implications must be considered by both parties prior to, during, and after a merger or acquisition.
Lately I've received a lot of questions from hospitals about how to determine when and if it's appropriate to report an E/M visit code on the same date of service as a scheduled procedure.
