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Are You Prepared for Russian Ransomware?

sarah22/02/2023 43 Views

Recently, a health network in Pennsylvania was hacked by a Russian ransomware gang called BlackCat.

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BlackCat attacked a physician practice in Pennsylvania, but did not disrupt healthcare operations.

A ransomware payment was demanded, but refused by the healthcare system.

Sensitive information was accessed and the health system revealed the attack itself.

Is your practice prepared for a potential attack?

Does your staff know how to respond to a demand for

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China’s elderly protest health insurance cuts in Wuhan, Dalian

sarah18/02/2023 58 Views

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A week of protests by Chinese pensioners over health insurance changes that reduce payouts for medicine and outpatient care has underscored pressure on the Chinese Communist Party to deliver improved social care for a rapidly aging population, even after local government coffers were severely depleted by huge “zero” covid” expenses.

On a drizzly afternoon last week, hundreds of elderly gathered outside the city hall in Wuhan, in central China, to oppose changes to state health insurance, including reducing monthly claims for medicine to one-third of the previous amount.

Huddled beneath umbrellas and watched by police

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Where Do Healthcare Breaches Come From?

sarah08/02/2023 19 Views

While we have seen an increase in healthcare data breaches stemming from vendor vulnerabilities, there can be a variety of sources.

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Recent breaches have demonstrated various sources of data breaches.

One source is from vendors and vendor tools.

We have seen a large uptick in vendor cyber attacks, as cybercriminals have found it easier to hack vendors than the healthcare entities directly. Many vendors have less security measures in place

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After adopting a senior pet should you get pet health insurance? Here’s what to consider

sarah06/02/2023 15 Views

Pet health insurance doesn't cover preexisting conditions, but covering seniors before chronic conditions develop can save you big bucks over time. — Pet health insurance doesn’t cover preexisting conditions, but covering seniors before chronic conditions develop can save you big bucks over time.

When I bought Harper as a puppy 15 years ago, there were fewer pet health insurance options than there are today, and often coverage didn’t include common problems in cavalier King Charles spaniels, such as heart disease. I decided against purchasing it, recognizing that heart issues that cropped up wouldn’t be covered and that cancer wasn’t common in the breed.

That’s generally true, but cancer is common in older dogs of any breed, and Harper was diagnosed with it

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What is the health insurance sector expecting?, Health News, ET HealthWorld

sarah04/02/2023 42 Views

Union Budget 2023-24: What is the health insurance sector expecting?

New Delhi: Health insurance companies are keenly awaiting the upcoming Union Budget 2023-24, which is just a day away. Stakeholders of the sector expect that the government will lower the prevailing GST rate on health insurance, propose to increase the FDI limit to 100 per cent and anticipate that the upcoming budget will take into account higher tax exemptions under Section 80D from the current limit 25,000 to at least Rs 1 lakh.

Speaking to ETHealthworld health insurance segment experts informed that the sector is expecting growth and development and various measures for the health insurance sector. Particular focus should

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How Discovery keeps innovating | McKinsey

sarah31/01/2023 61 Views

in 1992, Adrian Gore founded Discovery with an idea for a health-insurance model that would make people healthier. The South African start-up quickly grew into a global player, with a market cap of over $8 billion and a foothold in major markets, including the United Kingdom and China. In the commentary that follows, Gore reflects on the Discovery Group’s sources of innovative energy and on the organizational efforts required to maintain that energy as the company grows. (For more on these issues, see “The eight essentials of innovation.”) One key, says Gore, is that rewards and risk taking go hand

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Biden executive order did not establish free health insurance

sarah29/01/2023 16 Views

Facebook posts advertise a “relief package” that supposedly offers free health insurance to all Americans earning less than $50,000 annually, citing a January 2021 executive order from US President Joe Biden. This is false; the provision urges states to make federal programs more accessible, but experts say it does not provide for no-cost insurance.

“President Biden signed Executive Order 14009 making Health Insurance Free for qualifying Americans,” says a January 9, 2023 Facebook post.

Another post shared July 18, 2022 claims the measure also provides dental and vision coverage. Similar claims have circulated in spanish.

Screenshot of a Facebook post

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False claim that Biden’s executive order gives Americans free health insurance

sarah27/01/2023 21 Views

The claim: Biden’s executive order gives free health insurance

A Jan. 9 Facebook clip (direct link, archived link) shows President Joe Biden signing directives at the White House.

“Your 2023 Relief Package Is Here!,” reads the caption of the post. “President Biden signed Executive Order 14009 making Health Insurance FREE for qualifying Americans. Thanks to the Affordable Cart (sic) Act, American’s (sic) with less than $50k/year income now qualify to get Health Plans for as low as $0/month .”