Morning Headlines 11/29/18
Atrium Says Hackers Accessed Its Billing Records
Billing services vendor AccuDoc Solutions reveals that a September breach of its database may have impacted over 2 million Atrium Health (NC) patients.
HHS Issues Draft Strategy to Reduce Health IT Burden
CMS and ONC seek feedback on draft recommendations for reducing regulatory and administrative burdens caused by health IT and EHRs.
Iranian hackers wanted for hijacking Chicago health data company
Unsealed court documents reveal that two Iranian hackers were responsible for SamSam ransomware attacks on 200 organizations in the US and Canada, including Allscripts.
CVS Health wraps up its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna, promising to include digital health tools in its “new innovative healthcare model.”
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