Verifiable credentials in healthcare Verifiable credentials in healthcare are emerging as an important digital identity technology for patient access, provider verification, consent management, and electronic health record exchange. For healthcare…
Covenant Health Ransomware Breach Analysis: Likely HIPAA Security Rule, Cybersecurity, and AI Observability Lessons from the May 2025 Qilin Attack By Michael F. Arrigo Note: This analysis is based on…
Is Your Business Vulnerable to Wiper Malware? Lessons from the Stryker Attack and Prevention Strategies for 2026 Recent high-profile cyber attacks, such as the March 2026 wiper malware assault on…
Medical ethics and biomedical ethics and the Standard of Care regarding: Patient privacy under HIPAA, Hybrid Entities under HIPAA and the Privacy Shield Standard as well as State privacy standards…
HITECH Act and HIPAA Omnibus Rule HIPAA was enacted in 1996, the ARRA HITECH Act in 2009, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule in 2013. In January 2020, a Federal Court ruled…
In October 2020 and April 2021, the U.S. National Security Administration posted advisories regarding known vulnerabilities that Chinese and Russian hackers use to breach U.S. and other networks. Our Observations:…
Employer Required COVID-19 tests for employees, According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and EEOC Laws According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: An employer may administer a COVID-19…
On December 24, 2020 the Senate passed new legislation H.R.7898 - "To amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to require the Secretary of…
What is the HITECH Act? An Introduction for the Novice Money to convert from paper to electronic People who ask, "What is the HITECH Act?" should understand how the Act…
Integrated Medical Bill Review and Subrogation Integrated medical bill review combines silos into one solution. This article provides a summary of various strategies to determine the value of medical bills. Plaintiffs in…
What is OIG Regulatory Guidance in Healthcare? OIG Regulatory Guidance has seven elements and is divided by the healthcare industry sector. The U.S. HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)…
MACRA Changes Health Care Economics with a Focus on ChildrenMACRA Background: A final rule released on Oct. 14, 2016 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) details the final…