Information for 63,551 patients for Middletown Medical, a multispecialty physician group in Middletown, New York, was exposed due to a misconfigured security setting on a radiology interface.
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Breach impacts 63,551 patients of NY physician group
Source: Revenue Cycle Daily Advisor
Information for 63,551 patients for Middletown Medical, a multispecialty physician group in Middletown, New York, was exposed due to a misconfigured security setting on a radiology interface.
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When assessing a coder's benchmarking goals, it's important to remember that a record with seven days’ worth of information requires more time to review than a two-day stay. It takes less time to review a paper record versus an electronic record, although challenges with content quality can add time to those reviews. -The Coder’s Guide to Physician Queries.
 

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