Health insurer Humana announced it has ended business with Washington lobbying firm Greeberg Traurig and begun an internal investigation into a leak in which a lobbyist allegedly shared nonpublic political information that led to a huge spike in the company's…
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Teleflex has launched The Invisible Risk Campaign to educate anesthesiologists and clinicians on the dangers of waste anesthetic gas exposure in post-anesthesia care units, according to the Fort Mill Times.
Meeting the Challenges of HIPAA Compliance, Phishing Attacks and Mobile Security Healthcare organizations face three major IT security and compliance challenges: – Regulations such as HIPAA are getting stricter and enforcement actions are becoming more common and costly. – Hackers…
Personal information on 416 patients treated at Baton Rouge, La.-based LSU Health was stolen by a former billing department employee, according to a report by The Advertiser.
Mindray Medical International has issued a voluntary recall for the A3/A5 Anesthesia Delivery System, according to Pharm Pro.
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An audit (pdf) by HHS' Office of Inspector General found that CMS failed to meet federal notification requirements and did not offer adequate help to affected individuals when its Medicare patient database was breached.
FDA has unveiled a new device designed to detect counterfeit products and packaging, according to a CNN Health report.
Scam artists are using the Supreme Court’s recent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ruling as leverage to collection personal information from consumers, according to a Federal Trade Commission report. “They say they’re from the government and that, using the…
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating how a contracted document management company accidentally made public 75,000 pages of confidential FDA files related to approval of medical devices, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston recently notified 6,831 patients that their billing information may have been compromised, after an individual found receipts for payments made by five patients at the hospital's surgical day center blowing through a nearby field,…