Cybersecurity: Curtail Vishing Schemes With VPN Protocols
Tip: Avoid discussing work on social media.
COVID-19 has caused many Medicare providers to care for patients through telehealth while connecting to offices digitally from home. A recent report suggests that hackers are taking advantage of remote workers and hijacking virtual private networks (VPNs) in a vishing scam.
Reminder: VPNs allow clinicians and staff to access practice and patient data more securely and at home when needed. The VPN connection is encrypted, and users must provide authentication to enable them to reach the organization’s servers and information.
Now: On August 20, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.
Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations — and onboard your team — with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI's Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Alert will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, payer policies, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.
Current newsletters added each month
Fully searchable archives - over 4200 articles
ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products: