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 23, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Community Health Systems announced on Monday that outside hackers gained access to their network and stole the non-medical, personal information of 4.5 million patients. The data included names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers—all...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 21, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Since the initial report of the Community Health Solutions breach, in which attackers hacked into the CHS network to gain personal data of a whopping 4.5 million patients, details of the hack are emerging. According to security firm TrustedSec, owned by David Kennedy,...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 19, 2014 | HIPAA
We’ve blogged previously about a nasty piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker, which gives its victims a difficult choice: Either pay the “ransom” ($400, although other variants may have different fees) to re-gain access to your files or lose your valuable data...
by Gary Pritts | Aug 14, 2014 | HIPAA
An August 5th report from Hold Security, a private security firm in Milwaukee, alleged that a Russian gang of hackers stole the personal data of more than half a billion people. Experts at Hold Security estimate that 420,000 web and FTP sites were accessed by the...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 31, 2014 | HIPAA
A former employee of an East Texas Hospital is facing criminal charges for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known as HIPAA. On July 3, 2014, the US Department of Justice announced that charges would be filed against...
