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Site HACKED – HealthCare.Gov

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1. Ann Miller RN MHA, on September 5, 2014 at 12:01 AM said:

   Healthcare Spending Growth Expected to Pick Up This Year to 5.6%

   The economy’s lackluster recovery eroded wages and left millions chronically unemployed. It also offered significant relief from the fiscal distress of U.S. health spending. Now, spending fueled by the improving economy and the healthcare reform law’s insurance and Medicaid expansions are likely to turn that around.

   Health expenditures grew 3.6% last year, with the delayed and soft recovery a primary cause, according to projections by CMS actuaries published online by the journal Health Affairs. If the projection is confirmed later this year, it would mark the fifth straight year of growth below 4% and the second time in three years that national health spending growth dipped to a historic low.

   Source: Melanie Evans, Modern Healthcare [9/3/14]

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2. Darrell Pruitt DDS, on September 5, 2014 at 1:44 PM said:

   Scary [Could be a game changer for EHRs nationwide]

   I am waiting for the feds to concede that millions of Americans’ PHI were indeed exposed – in spite of the initial official explanation that just because malware was successfully installed into Healthcare.gov computers doesn’t mean they meant harm to anyone.

   Give it a day or so.

   What’s more, coming on top of the recent Community Health Systems’ loss of 4.5 million patient records, this could be a turning point in Americans’ patience.

   In my efforts, I’ve noticed that online HIT defenders are disappearing like cockroaches.

   Darrell Pruitt DDS

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3. Lisa, on September 6, 2014 at 8:36 AM said:

   New Health Benefit For Temporary Federal Employees May Violate Federal Law

   A new federal regulation would allow temporary federal employees to qualify for health coverage more quickly, but may violate current law which excludes temporary employees from receiving health benefits before one year of current continuous employment.

   U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) sent a letter to Director Archuleta, head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), expressing his concerns and raising questions of the legality with the proposed rule.

   The text of the letter is below:
   http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/08/28/new-health-benefit-for-temporary-federal-employees-may-violate-federal-law-a-549481.html#.VArHcJV0z5p

   Lisa

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4. Hope R. Hetico RN MHA, on September 17, 2014 at 12:06 PM said:

   HealthCare.gov

   President Barack Obama’s health insurance exchange, has security and privacy protection vulnerabilities, a U.S. government watchdog just reported, nearly a year after the website’s troubled rollout.

   http://news.msn.com/science-technology/gao-report-warns-of-security-risks-in-us-healthcare-website

   Hope R. Hetico RN MHA

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5. Joe, on September 20, 2014 at 1:23 PM said:

   Healthcare.gov needs security upgrades, government agency finds

   Major security issues continue to put user data and system infrastructures at risk, according to a new Government Accountability Office report

   http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/gao-says-healthcaregov-needs-security-upgrades

   Joe

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6. Yarnell, on September 23, 2014 at 2:37 PM said:

   Government hackers try to crack HealthCare.gov

   Did you know that the government’s own watchdogs tried to hack into HealthCare.gov earlier this year and found what they termed a critical vulnerability – but also came away with respect for some of the health insurance site’s security features.

   http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140923&id=17953358

   Those are among the conclusions of a report just released by the Health and Human Services Department [DHHS] inspector general, who focuses on health care fraud.
   
   Yarnell

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7. Lisa, on October 2, 2014 at 7:16 PM said:

   New Open Payments Website

   If the federal government’s new Open Payments website were a consumer product, it would be returned to the manufacturer for a full refund.

   http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2014/10/01/76566/

   Not up to Snuff

   http://www.physiciansnews.com/2014/10/02/govt-website-for-doctor-payments-not-quite-up-to-snuff/?utm_source=Copy+of+Copy+of+9.24.14&utm_campaign=11713&utm_medium=email

   Lisa

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8. Joe, on October 7, 2014 at 10:23 PM said:

   HealthCare.gov

   Site Still Suffers From Lack of Transparency!

   http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/money/healthcaregov-still-suffers-from-lack-of-transparency/ar-BB829fz

   Joe

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9. Bart, on November 10, 2014 at 11:24 AM said:

   Re-Deux

   Now, U.S. officials hope the new HealthCare.gov website avoids last year’s problems.

   http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-government-struggles-against-cyberattacks/ar-AA7nTLB

   http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obama-officials-work-on-health-site-contingency-plans-as-enrollment-nears/ar-AA7mBNr

   Bart

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10. Madison, on November 10, 2014 at 1:07 PM said:

    Health reform will make us less healthy and more insolvent

    This doctor hopes he is wrong.

    http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/11/health-reform-will-make-us-less-healthy-insolvent.html

    Madison

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