The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and its contractor, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, reported a data breach affecting over 940,000 Medicare beneficiaries; 3,112,815 individuals in total had their personal and health information exposed. The breach occurred due to a software vulnerability that was exploited before a protective patch could be issued. Notifications have been sent to affected individuals and free credit monitoring for a year has been offered. Healthcare organizations are advised to enhance data security protocols and regularly conduct audits to prevent such incidents.
Why Some Hospitals Are Betting on Midstream Health to Help Eliminate Waste
Midstream Health is taking a bit of a different approach to healthcare AI by focusing on reducing hospitals’ costs rather than boosting their revenue. The
