Cybersecurity

McKesson has integrated its neural analytics and reporting tools to its McKesson Total Payment solutions via the InvestiClaim module, according to a company news release.

The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.

The number of patients affected by a 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee data breach has nearly doubled from an estimated 521,761 in March to nearly 1 million, according to a report by American Medical News.

Jatin Patel, owner of Rx Shop, Rajnish Mehta, Satender Singh, Naresh Jain and Sachin Amin have been arrested and charged with fabricating prescriptions and submitting the claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, according to a report in The Tampa Tribune.

In a letter to the American Hospital Association, UnitedHealthcare said it would not impose a 50 percent penalty on hospitals that do not notify the insurer of admissions to hospitals within 24 hours, according to a report in AHA News…

A radiologist has been connected with the breach of medical information for 957 patients at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

The Philadelphia Secret Service has entered into an investigation into the alleged theft of patient records from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, according to a report in the Philadelphia Daily News.

In response to allegations made by two pathologists, Gregory Walker, president and CEO of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, Del., sent a memo to medical staff defending the hospital's actions after a 13-month breach into patients' records, according to a report…

While one-third of business associates were not aware they are now required to adhere to HIPAA privacy and security rules as though they were covered entities, 85 percent of hospital IT executives surveyed by HIMSS Analytics reported they were ready…

Blue Cross Blue Shield has notified physicians and other healthcare providers that data, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised when a laptop containing the information was stolen in August from an employee at BCBS Association's headquarters in Chicago,…