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 11, 2014 | HIPAA
Many healthcare organizations remain unaware that the Heartbleed bug can affect more than just websites and web servers. The bug, discovered separately by Neel Mehta and his team from Google Security in late March and later by Finnish security firm Codenomicon in...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 3, 2014 | HIPAA
HHS Report of Breaches, 2011-2012, Part #2 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently submitted their Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI), for the calendar years 2011-2012. We blogged previously...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 2, 2014 | HIPAA
HHS Report of Breaches, 2011-2012, Part #1 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted their Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI), for the calendar years 2011-2012. Theft and loss of computing...
by Gary Pritts | Jul 1, 2014 | HIPAA, Privacy
Recently confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has named Jocelyn Samuels as director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). In this role, her duties also include enforcement of the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 30, 2014 | HIPAA
One in ten individuals living in the United States have had their medical records exposed through known and reported major data breaches by healthcare providers, payers and their business associates. By law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services posts details of...
