Federal regulators soon will fix one of the problems with the official tally of major healthcare breaches. The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services will begin naming the names of solo practitioners that have major breaches, rather than listing them only as "private practice." And...
How vulnerable are organizations to cyber attack? It depends on your definition of "vulnerable," says Robert Richardson, Director of the Computer Security Institute (CSI). "There's vulnerable," he says, "and then there's likely to be attacked."
In an interview about current threats, Richardson...
Interview with Allan Bachman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The magnitude of fraud schemes has grown - the scale and the losses. But the basics of fraud investigation remain sound. And if there's one thing people should know up front, says Allan Bachman of the Association of Certified Fraud...
Interview with Robert Richardson, Director of CSI
How vulnerable are organizations to cyber attack? It depends on your definition of "vulnerable," says Robert Richardson, Director of the Computer Security Institute (CSI). "There's vulnerable," he says, "and then there's likely to be attacked."
In an interview...
In terms of payments, privacy and third-party relationships, U.S. security leaders have much to learn from - and share with - their peers in the U.K. and elsewhere in the world.
Washington has become the third state to pass legislation incorporating the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) to help financial institutions recover costs from credit/debit card breaches.
Four Florida women have been indicted for their alleged participation in a scheme to steal personal information about cancer patients and use it to obtain fraudulent credit accounts.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to do a better job of addressing the apparent causes of overpayments as identified by an ongoing audit program, according to a new government report.
Organized crime has targeted healthcare organizations for insurance fraud scams. What are the risks? What are the solutions?
Dr. Andrea Allmon, senior director with FICO, discusses:
Insurance fraud trends;
How organizations are most vulnerable;
What to do now to reduce fraud today.
The massive healthcare reform bill that President Obama signed into law March 23 contains hundreds of references to fraud prevention and tougher penalties for those convicted of fraud.
Because even the janitor can be an identity theft threat, keeping records under lock and key can be a powerful protection strategy. Just ask Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. This week, authorities made arrests in a case that involved a janitor "cleaning near patient files" who stole personal information and...
An identity theft ring relied on a janitor to steal personal information from patient files at a Chicago hospital, authorities say.
As many as 250 patients were possible victims of identity theft at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the year-long identity scam.
Using the stolen credit card and other...
Organized crime has targeted healthcare organizations for insurance fraud scams. What are the risks? What are the solutions?
Dr. Andrea Allmon, senior director with FICO, discusses:
Insurance fraud trends;
How organizations are most vulnerable;
What to do now to reduce fraud today.
Allmon is responsible for...
The risk of medical identity theft is growing as more hospitals and physicians adopt electronic health records and prepare to exchange this information, experts say.
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