tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 10

Practice Management: Protect Your Surgical Practice's PHI -- Now More Than Ever

Let recent breach serve as cautionary tale. Did you know that cyberattacks have become more prevalent recently, posing a dangerous threat to the security of Protected Health Information (PHI) that your surgeons gather and store electronically? Read on to learn about some recent, serious PHI breaches, and to garner some tips from Medicare and other experts about how to protect your practice. Cyberattacks Trend Upwards A recent hack into a myriad of healthcare partner systems reportedly exposed the PHI of over 650,000 patients across the Midwest and parts of the south. Due to the significance of the attack...

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