In a safety communication, the FDA is recommending that medical device manufacturers and healthcare facilities "take steps to assure that appropriate safeguards are in place to reduce the risk of failure due to cyberattack, which could be initiated by the introduction of malware into the medical equipment or unauthorized access to configuration settings in medical devices and hospital networks."

With the October 2014 compliance date of ICD-10 looming, athenahealth put out a guarantee to its clients on June 5 of its readiness for the requirement and promised to waive its fees in case this guarantee is not met. “Athenahealth will also backstop the revenue cycle for independent practices by providing a cash advance against submitted claims, if those claims are delayed by payers in the ICD-10 transition period,” according to the announcement.