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 | Aug 1, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the “Meaningful Use” programs and MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. The Meaningful Use program uses the...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 7, 2015 | General News, ICD-10
The final chance is approaching for those interested in conducting ICD-10 end-to-end testing with Medicare — July 20-24, 2015. CMS has issued updated guidance on July 2, 2015, which covers ICD-10 acknowledgement testing as well as end-to-end testing. No...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 1, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
According to the Stage 2 measure specifications for Computerized Provider Order Entry, only “licensed healthcare professionals” may enter orders into an EHR if the order is to count for Meaningful Use: “Any licensed healthcare professionals and...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 1, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Under the proposed changes to Meaningful Use for 2015 through 2017, the Summary of Care measure has been simplified to allow providers to transmit the Summary of Care electronically to a provider who does not have an EHR and still get credit for Meaningful Use. Under...
by Gary Pritts | May 25, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
On April 16, 2015 the President signed legislation to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth-rate (SGR) formula for paying doctors. This repeal, of course, was welcomed by the physician community tired of the annual fight to restore reimbursement. Also included in...
