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The Emotet botnet, administered by the cybercrime group TA542, emerged from a five-month hiatus on July 13, 2020. Emotet, the number one malware of 2019, infects new devices by enticing victims to execute malicious macros embedded in Microsoft Word documents. Once infected, the devices may be…
On June 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its calendar year 2021 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by Aug. 24.
Please reach out to your senators this week as negotiations occur
As Congress considers additional (and possibly its last for a while) COVID-19 relief actions, we need to mount a full court press to ensure that hospitals and health systems — and their front-line caregivers — receive additional…
As Congress considers additional (and possibly its last for a while) COVID-19 relief actions, we need to mount a full court press to ensure that hospitals and health systems — and their front-line caregivers — receive additional federal support as we navigate the greatest public health and…
Thanos ransomware, first noted in January 2020, is unremarkable apart from the RIPlace anti-ransomware evasion technique that is available as one of its paid-for features.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels and AHA Senior Vice President of Public Policy Analysis and Development Ashley Thompson provided the latest from Capitol Hill and then hospital leaders urged their senators to provide additional resources to hospitals and…
On July 20, we encourage you to get online to contact your senators and ask them to include a number of important provisions in the next COVID-19 relief package to support front-line health care personnel and providers — including hospitals, health systems, physicians and nurses.
As urged by the AHA, the IRS late yesterday
Improving the health of their communities is at the heart of every hospital’s mission. For example, tax-exempt hospitals annually demonstrate accountability to the communities they serve by reporting to IRS on the benefits they provide to their community using the IRS Form 990 Schedule H and making…
The AHA is hosting two live virtual events that you do not want to miss. See details about how you can participate.