Gary consults in the areas of physician practice management, medical information systems, HIPAA compliance, health and productivity management and general business management. Gary serves on the board of Lakewood Hospital, one of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, and is a founder and past president of eHealth Ohio, and is active with numerous professional organizations. He served as product development manager for the EDI clearinghouse division of Quadax, a regional clearinghouse, and understands provider organizations from his 6 years as President and owner of Premier Rehab, a Medicare Certified Rehab agency with two Cleveland locations. His computer background includes 15 years in various computer and computer service organizations. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
In early 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) cycled through multiple health privacy enforcement heads over a 4-month span. Despite this turnover, OCR tallied $28.7 million from its completed HIPAA enforcement...
The participation requirements of the MIPS program can be difficult to understand. Finding out whether you and/or your practice is required to report for any given year can be a stressful and time-consuming undertaking. The first step to determining MIPS eligibility...
New for the Merit-Based Improvement Payment System (MIPS) in 2018 is the opportunity for small practices (15 or fewer eligible professionals) to claim a “significant hardship exception” for the Promoting Interoperability (formerly Advancing Care Information)...
As 2018 comes to a close, and we get ready to report, eligible clinicians need also be preparing for 2019 and the changes it will bring for their practice. Practices should be on the lookout for the following: Weight: Comprising 60 percent of the final score beginning...
CMS published its 2019 MIPS rule on November 1, 2018. Each year, succeeding with MIPS becomes progressively harder. Eagle Consulting is providing a resource, a redlined version of this MIPS rule showing changes from the previous year. Our intent is to aid...
Gary consults in the areas of physician practice management, medical information systems, HIPAA compliance, health and productivity management and general business management. Gary serves on the board of Lakewood Hospital, one of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, and is a founder and past president of eHealth Ohio, and is active with numerous professional organizations. He served as product development manager for the EDI clearinghouse division of Quadax, a regional clearinghouse, and understands provider organizations from his 6 years as President and owner of Premier Rehab, a Medicare Certified Rehab agency with two Cleveland locations. His computer background includes 15 years in various computer and computer service organizations. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. 
