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Avoiding MIPS Penalty: There’s an App for That!

Oct 31, 2017

This is a guest post by Pawan Jindal of MyMIPSScore and originally appeared at the MyMIPSScore Blog In our last blog we discussed an overview of MIPS submission process. As promised, we are very excited today to announce the availability of a new feature of MyMipsScore that will allow you to avoid the MIPS penalty for free....

The weakest link in cybersecurity

Oct 30, 2017

By now I’m sure you’ve heard that when it comes to information security, employees are the weakest link. Organizations often emphasize that despite any security measures they put in place to protect their infrastructure, all it takes is one employee who is not following the rules to undo all of that. An article on TechRepubic...

MIPS Submissions: It’s NOT Complicated

Oct 26, 2017

This is a guest post by Pawan Jindal of MyMIPSScore and originally appeared at the MyMIPSScore Blog It is hard to believe that we are already in the last quarter of 2017. Even as the first year of MIPS winds down, complaints about how complicated MIPS is, continue to dominate the news. Over the past nine...

Security risks can be a MIPS score killer

Oct 23, 2017

Prolonging the process of figuring out quality measures under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and increasing scores for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) could put medical practices at a competitive disadvantage. Healthcare providers will earn a MIPS score each year, starting in 2019 (based on 2017 performance).  According to Jim Tate, president...

Fall prevention strategies apply to anti-phishing efforts

Oct 16, 2017

Patient falls have been a serious problem in hospitals and other healthcare facilities for years. In fact, in January 2013 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality set out to help reduce the number of falls in healthcare facilities by commissioning a RAND Corporation/ Boston University School of Public Health Report. The report, titled “Preventing...

Study finds cybercriminals favor small businesses

Oct 2, 2017

As ransomware continues to grow, so do the millions of dollars businesses are dishing out to cybercriminals in hopes of regaining control of their sensitive data.  An article on Fox Business looks at a study released by data security solutions firm Datto to see how ransomware is affecting small-to-mid-sized businesses. According to the study, in...

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