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 | Jul 2, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. The MACRA legislation established the Medicare Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 23, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently detailed the 5 most common mistakes that organizations make in their HIPAA compliance programs, as reported by TechTarget’s SearchHealthIT coverage. According to OCR, the 5 most common HIPAA...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 21, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
Because the Honor System Doesn’t Work Electronic record systems contain a vast trove of interesting information – which can be a great temptation for a curious employee when they know that their relative, friend or neighbor was in the clinic. It has been 15...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 21, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
This month Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Division issued an advisory regarding a flaw in Medhost’s Perioperative Information Management System (PIMS). PIMS is a widely used suite of applications for surgery departments to manage surgical cases from...
by Gary Pritts | May 23, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The Merit-based incentive Payment System (MIPS) introduces 4 measure categories to the Medicare incentive program space. As we have mentioned in previous posts, MIPS is the new law of the land, replacing Medicare’s Meaningful Use, PQRS and Value...
