Are Healthcare Organizations Protected In opposition to Cyberattacks?

Through the top of the COVID-19 panic, hospitals and healthcare entities had been continually being warned of the opportunity of cyberattacks. Whereas many had been warned, cyberattacks towards healthcare entities proceed and plenty of entities are usually not as nicely ready as different industries.

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Whereas prior to now, the main target of cyber safety has been on stopping knowledge breaches, cybercriminals have largely shifted to locking

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2022 Healthcare Breaks – Rickard & Associates

The eight largest healthcare breaches of 2022 were all related to vendors.

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As healthcare breaches continue to run rampant, it is important to look for patterns.

Eight of the largest healthcare breaches were related to third-party vendors.

These included:

  • A breach at Advocate Aurora Health where 3 million patients were affected by a tracking pixel tool that sent data to Google or Meta,
  • A breach at a printing and mailing
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This is why the NJ Legislature must redefine anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitic incidents have been on the rise in New Jersey. Condemnation of all forms of Jew-hatred is necessary and important, but not enough. Education and dialogue are needed to address Jew-hatred in New Jersey. To be able to truly engage in education and dialogue to combat such bigotry, the State of New Jersey needs to adopt a definition of anti-Semitism.

In May 2022, S2434/A3882 was introduced in the New Jersey State Legislature, which would establish the definition of anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (“IHRA”) in 2016 as the State’s definition of anti-Semitism. The IHRA defines anti-Semitism as

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Estate Planning Terms to Know

Estate planning is an incredibly important tool, not just for the wealthy or those thinking about retirement. On the contrary, estate planning is something every adult should do.

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Estate planning can help you accomplish any number of goals, including appointing guardians for minor children, choosing healthcare agents to make decisions for you should you become ill, minimizing taxes so you can pass more wealth onto your family members, and stating

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Student-loan borrowers defrauded by Corinthian were promised $5.8 billion in relief ‘immediately.’ 6 months later Biden’s Education Department says it’ll take

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  • In June, the Education Department approved a $5.8 billion loan discharge for former Corinthian students.

  • Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said impacted borrowers would see relief “immediately.”

  • Six months later, borrowers are still waiting, and the department said relief will now take “some time.”

Lawsuits blocking President Joe Biden’s broad student-loan forgiveness are not the only reason some borrowers are in limbo.

Kevin was a student of the now-defunct for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges from 2004 to 2006, who requested his last name be withheld for privacy.

He was one of about 560,000 borrowers who

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What’s Wrong with Using an Online Will?

While an online will might seem like a quick and easy solution to your estate planning problems, they can lead to many issues and costs down the line.

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Many online companies offer quick online wills. Some have software, others are quick downloadable templates. So why should you steer clear of online wills when doing your estate planning?

A few reasons include:

  1. many times, online wills are not valid or enforceable
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Strafford County commissioners tout transparency of nursing home plan

We read with great interest Rep. Len Turcotte’s guest column in Foster’s Daily Democrat. Rep. Turcotte is clearly misinformed regarding the county nursing home project. Perhaps this is because he failed to attend a nearly three-hour workshop where many of his negative comments were addressed.

The architect and cost estimator were present at the workshop and answered questions from delegates who joined us both in the room and remotely that Rep. Turcotte suggested were unanswered. This project is no different from other county projects where all aspects of the work will be subject to competitive bidding to control costs.

To

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No-Fault Attendant Care and Reasonable Reimbursement

While the Michigan No-Fault Act was reformed in June of 2019, questions lingered as to payments stemming from losses that occurred before the change.

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Before the changes, provider reimbursement was only limited to reasonable and customary charges. There was also no cap on hours that families could charge for attendant care.

The reform introduced a fee schedule with limited reimbursement and caps on physician charges.

A recent case made it

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