The Change Healthcare Hack: What Actually Happened and What It Means for Your Practice

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In February 2024, a ransomware group called ALPHV/BlackCat broke into Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group that processes roughly 40% of all U.S. medical claims. They got in through one remote-access portal that didn’t have multi-factor authentication enabled. What followed was the largest healthcare data breach in American history, a months-long billing outage that […]

Hurricane Season is Half Over – Be Prepared for Next Year’s

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Blowing Through Hurricane Season. We have almost made it through this year’s hurricane season, but unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that businesses will suddenly be safe again. Many businesses that are impacted by these kinds of disasters are unprepared, and so when push comes to shove, some ultimately close their doors after trying (and failing) to […]

How to Be Sure Your Business Continuity Plan is Complete

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Building Business Continuity Plan While it may not be fun to consider the worst-case scenario, it is important that you have a plan to ensure that your business will be able to survive when the chips are down. This plan to ensure that your business will continue is called (appropriately enough) a business continuity plan, […]