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Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Advocacy Update

Alliance Educates PDAC & DMEMAC via a "Show & Tell" Seminar Enabling Staff to See/Touch/Feel Key Wound Care Products

4/19/2018
Rise of the Cyber Criminal in 2018: HIPAA Security Does Not Stop With Compliance

Reports of cyber attacks continue to be prevalent. However, healthcare providers may be unaware of a few important facts: 

  1. Healthcare, as an industry, sees more data breaches than any other.1
  2. Criminal attacks are the leading cause of data breaches in healthcare. 
  3. Data breaches in healthcare are consistently high in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and cost.2

Consider some high-profile cases in which cyber criminals have placed certain healthcare organizations in the news:

1/5/2018
Commentary: Should Patients Buy Offloading Footwear From You?

It is a challenging, common situation: wound care patients require offloading devices for diabetic and/or neuropathic plantar ulcers, but there is no insurance coverage for those items.  You explain that they will bear the cost of the product(s), but they believe the expenses should be covered by you. When you offer to sell the product(s) directly or suggest the patients purchase them elsewhere, they refuse. Ultimately, their wounds worsen or don’t improve.

1/5/2018
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