Cyber threats continue to grow and evolve, but most share a similar origin: phishing. Phishing emails, seemingly innocuous or legitimate emails used to infiltrate an organization, are a common source of malware and are used for scams in which a criminal impersonates another individual to obtain sensitive information. A study released in March by PhishMe estimated that up to 93% of phishing emails contain ransomware.
Although the damage phishing emails can do is tremendous, security officers can help their organizations turn the tide by using a combination of technical controls and targeted education.
The danger and the success of phishing emails lies in their ability to manipulate the individual on the receiving end. Phishing emails may be sent from domains that are a near-identical match for an organization's and come with what appear to be legitimate and urgent attachments or links. It's a simple scheme that criminals can use for a variety of purposes.
"They hope to get malware installed so they can control the computers they infect or even the entire network. They hope to get network or application login credentials. They hope to trick people into performing certain actions, i.e., a wire transfer of money," Kevin Beaver, CISSP, independent information security consultant at Principle Logic, LLC, in Atlanta, says. "The possibilities are endless."
While the 2017 OPPS proposed rule includes a variety of tweaks and augmentations to existing regulations, its biggest impact is likely to come from its proposal to implement Section 603 provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 regarding off-campus, provider-based departments (PBD) and move toward more site-neutral payment policies.
The accurate capture of acute respiratory failure has been a long-standing challenge for CDI programs. The accurate reporting of this condition as a post-procedural event can be even more difficult.
CMS proposes aligning its conditional packaging logic with how it applies packaging to labs, while also proposing to delete the much-maligned modifier -L1 for separately payable laboratory tests in 2017.
CMS’ proposed changes to implement Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 would reshape payments for off-campus, provider-based departments (PBD) if finalized and represent the most significant changes in the calendar year (CY) 2017 OPPS proposed rule.
CMS released the 2017 OPPS proposed rule on July 5 without much fanfare. On July 14, the Federal Register version was posted, and upon initial review, it seems rather short at 186 pages.
