Articles by: Gary Pritts
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.
by Gary Pritts | May 23, 2018 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
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)...
by Gary Pritts | May 23, 2018 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Today CMS announced that it is renaming multiple EHR incentive programs to “Promoting Interoperability” (PI). This name change affects multiple programs: The hospital Medicare and Medicaid “Meaningful Use” programs, The physician Medicaid “Meaningful Use” programs,...
by Gary Pritts | Apr 6, 2018 | HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
Most County Boards know that 3rd party providers – for example, group homes, ICFs, Day Service providers – are not HIPAA Business Associates. The changes in the 2013 HIPAA Omnibus rule has made it clear that other “health care providers” are not HIPAA...
by Gary Pritts | Apr 3, 2018 | DD Boards
An employee and a supervisor of Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) were fired in February for sending emails containing PHI of about 11,000 individuals, according to HealthDataManagement. The employees intended to send lists of case assignments...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 19, 2018 | DD Boards, General News, HIPAA
A key reason for risk analysis failure during an audit by the HHS Office for Civil Rights is mistaking a technical or non-technical evaluation for a risk analysis. That is the key takeaway from a recent presentation by Ilana Peters, former Acting Deputy Director of...
