IPASIS - IP Reputation and Risk Intelligence API
Industry Solution

Bot Detection for
Healthcare & Telehealth

Healthcare platforms store the most sensitive personal data. Bots target patient portals, prescription systems, and telehealth APIs — and regulatory penalties for breaches are severe.

Bot Threats Facing Healthcare Platforms

Medical records sell for 10–40× more than credit card numbers on dark web markets. Healthcare is a high-value, high-regulation target.

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Patient Portal Credential Stuffing

Attackers reuse leaked credentials against patient portals to access medical records, insurance details, and billing information. A single breach exposes PHI for thousands of patients.

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Prescription Fraud

Bots exploit telehealth platforms to obtain controlled substance prescriptions at scale. They create fake patient accounts, schedule automated appointments, and game prescription refill systems.

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Medical Record Scraping

Automated tools scrape patient directories, provider listings, and health information portals. Stolen PHI fuels identity theft, insurance fraud, and social engineering attacks.

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Appointment Hoarding

Scalper bots reserve telehealth and specialist appointment slots in bulk, then sell them or let them expire. Legitimate patients face artificial scarcity for critical care.

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Insurance Fraud & Fake Claims

Automated account creation enables synthetic identities to file fraudulent insurance claims. Bots generate fake patients with real-seeming histories to extract benefits at scale.

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FHIR/HL7 API Abuse

Health data interoperability APIs (FHIR, HL7) are targeted for unauthorized bulk data extraction. Bots probe API endpoints for patient records, lab results, and clinical data.

How IPASIS Protects Healthcare Platforms

Add IP intelligence as a pre-authentication security layer. No patient-facing friction. HIPAA-compatible — we process IP addresses, not PHI.

1

Patient Portal Protection

Score every login attempt before the patient authenticates. IPs from datacenters, VPNs, and known botnets trigger step-up verification — protecting accounts without frustrating real patients.

2

Telehealth Session Verification

Verify that telehealth patients connect from expected geographic regions. Flag sessions originating from proxy infrastructure that may indicate prescription fraud schemes.

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Registration Fraud Prevention

During patient account creation, detect residential proxies, datacenter IPs, and geo-location mismatches. Prevent mass fake account creation that fuels prescription and insurance fraud.

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API Endpoint Hardening

Protect FHIR and HL7 endpoints from unauthorized bulk queries. Rate-limit and flag requests from suspicious IP ranges to prevent patient data exfiltration through interoperability APIs.

Patient Portal Protection (Node.js)
const axios = require('axios');

async function checkPatientLoginRisk(ip, patientId) {
  const { data: risk } = await axios.get(
    `https://api.ipasis.com/check?ip=${ip}`,
    { headers: { 'X-API-Key': IPASIS_KEY } }
  );

  // Audit log (HIPAA: log access attempts)
  await auditLog({
    event: 'LOGIN_ATTEMPT',
    patientId,
    ip,
    riskLevel: risk.risk_level,
    ipType: risk.ip_type,
    timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
  });

  if (risk.trust_score < 20) {
    // Datacenter / Tor — likely automated
    return {
      action: 'BLOCK',
      reason: 'high_risk_infrastructure',
      requireMFA: true,
      alertSecurityTeam: true
    };
  }

  if (risk.is_proxy || risk.is_vpn) {
    // Anonymized — could be legitimate
    // but require additional verification
    return {
      action: 'STEP_UP',
      requireMFA: true,
      verifyIdentity: true
    };
  }

  if (risk.trust_score < 50) {
    return {
      action: 'ALLOW_WITH_MFA',
      requireMFA: true
    };
  }

  // Clean residential IP
  return { action: 'ALLOW' };
}

Why IP Intelligence Matters for Healthcare

HIPAA-Compatible by Design

IPASIS processes IP addresses — not Protected Health Information. Your PHI never leaves your infrastructure. IP intelligence is a network-layer signal that operates independently of patient data.

This means you can add bot detection without expanding your BAA scope or modifying your data processing agreements.

Pre-Authentication Security

IP risk scoring happens before the user enters any credentials. This blocks credential stuffing attacks at the network layer — before attackers even reach your authentication system.

For patient portals handling PHI, stopping attacks before authentication prevents exposure entirely, not just after the fact.

Telehealth Fraud Detection

Verify that patients booking telehealth appointments are connecting from plausible locations. A "patient" registering with a US address but connecting from a datacenter in Eastern Europe is a red flag.

Cross-reference IP geo-location with patient registration data to catch prescription fraud rings operating through anonymized infrastructure.

Breach Cost Reduction

Healthcare data breaches cost an average of $10.93M per incident — the highest of any industry. HIPAA penalties range from $100 to $50,000 per violation, up to $1.5M per year.

Preventing automated attacks at the network layer is orders of magnitude cheaper than breach remediation, notification requirements, and regulatory fines.

<20ms
Latency at Scale
99.9%
API Uptime SLA
Zero PHI
We Never Touch Patient Data
REST
Simple JSON API

Where to Deploy in Your Healthcare Platform

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Patient Portals

Pre-auth risk scoring for MyChart, Epic, and custom portals. Step-up verification for suspicious IPs.

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Telehealth Apps

Verify patient location and flag anonymized connections during virtual care sessions.

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E-Prescribing

Add IP risk signals to prescription workflows. Flag automated prescription requests from bot infrastructure.

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Health Data APIs

Protect FHIR, HL7, and interoperability endpoints from unauthorized data extraction.

Protect Your Healthcare Platform Today

1,000 free requests per day. Sub-20ms latency. HIPAA-compatible — zero PHI processed.