Cyber Alert
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has received multiple reports of ‘WannaCry’ (also known as ‘WannaCrypt’) ransomware infections in several countries around the world and in the United…
National
DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 29, 2017
On Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its 13th opportunity in 7 years to prevent pill abuse and…
Congressional Budget Office Scoring of American Health Care Act
On March 13th, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report (Click Here to Download the Report) providing its estimates of the impact the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would…
Quality Payment Program Feedback
CMS has contracted with Ketchum to conduct focus groups and interviews with administrative staff charged with implementing the Quality Payment Program (QPP) — MIPS and APMs. Specifically, CMS wants feedback…
Health Reform Update
On Thursday, March 9, the House Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce completed consideration of draft reconciliation legislation. The Ways and Means committee considered the bill for…
DOL Penalties Increase for 2017
In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (the “Inflation Adjustment Act”) to direct federal agencies to adjust the civil monetary penalties for inflation every…