tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2023 Issue Q1

Industry Note: Even Medicare Contractors Are at Risk of a Data Breach

Healthcare providers aren’t the only ones menaced by HIPAA breaches and their fallout. Medicare contractor Healthcare Management Solutions, a subcontractor of ASRC Federal Data Solutions, was hit by a ransomware attack on Oct. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a release. “The incident involving HMS has the potential to impact up to 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information out of the over 64 million beneficiaries that CMS serves,” CMS notes. The affected beneficiaries “will receive an updated Medicare card with a new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier, be offered free-of-charge credit monitoring...

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