The Hidden Cost of Slow Cyber Remediation in Healthcare
Delayed remediation and patch latency are no longer just IT and security metrics; they serve as direct reflections of leadership priorities.
Delayed remediation and patch latency are no longer just IT and security metrics; they serve as direct reflections of leadership priorities.
The first major update to HIPAA in more than a decade will eliminate the distinction between “required” and “addressable” safeguards, making key cybersecurity and physical security measures mandatory for all healthcare providers. This shift will expose gaps in hospitals’ fragmented security systems, though, according to Kumar Sokka, CEO of cybersecurity platform Acre Security.
A consultant who has analyzed healthcare policy over many decades declares that MA is in the middle of a fundamental reset both in terms of market headwinds and federal scrutiny.
Some of the most powerful scenes aren’t the dramatic saves, but the quiet moments when clinicians connect with patients amid the chaos. Healthcare teams deserve access systems that allow for more of those moments.
As legal and compliance professionals, we champion privacy and cybersecurity in our organizations — but success requires a team effort.
Every life sciences organization needs to consider how best to apply machine learning (ML) to RWE to support better patient outcomes. Here’s how they can ensure RWE is “ML-ready.”
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.
Organizations that excel don’t treat migrations as IT exercises. They treat them as compliance projects that require technical execution. Their methodology begins with regulatory obligations, builds technical architecture around them, and conducts relentless validation before calling the migration complete.
By adopting a modern digital payment solution, payers can streamline operations, improve provider relationships and reduce fraud exposure. Most importantly, they gain a flexible, scalable foundation built to meet today’s demands and tomorrow’s challenges.
When tax-advantaged dollars enter a care model, they do more than expand purchasing power. They reorganize incentives, accelerate intermediary involvement, and clarify who holds leverage.
A handful of states have issued guidance documents that illustrate how regulators are viewing the IV hydration and IV therapy businesses, which infusion providers should consider as part of their overall compliance monitoring efforts.
Recent advances in generative AI have made it a lot easier and safer to bring HCC coding in-house, lowering costs, and strengthening audit readiness.
A universal medical coder, applied consistently across care settings, offers a practical solution to the enduring challenge of data integrity.
How can healthcare providers contend with a regulatory environment that has never been more fragmented? Here are three lessons on why privacy is your competitive advantage.
CMS and AHIP are raising the floor, but forward-thinking plans are aiming higher. They’re designing utilization management systems that are clinically sound, operationally efficient, and aligned with enterprise goals.
Without systemic redesign, these efforts risk reinforcing the same pain points that made prior authorization a flashpoint for payers and providers.