Articles by: Gary Pritts

President, 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.

Skagit County, Washington, settles HIPAA Violation case

By eagleconsultingpartners | Published: April 4, 2014 Skagit County, located in Northwest Washington, has agreed to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules. The County was fined $215,000 and must work closely with the...

Many data breaches never reported

By eagleconsultingpartners | Published: April 2, 2014 Undisclosed breaches are common in large healthcare enterprises according to recent survey According to a recent security survey by ThreatTrack, nearly 6 in 10 enterprise malware analysts from healthcare...

Risk Analysis Threat Update – IRS Tax Fraud

At HIMSS 2014, James Robnet, IRS Special Agent in charge of the IRS Tampa, FL field office, presented an update regarding IRS tax fraud and how fraudsters present data breach risks to hospitals, physicians and other health providers.  When conducting a meaningful use...

FQHCs in the Hot Seat with tougher HRSA Audits

HIPAA Compliance among items to be scrutinized in upcoming HRSA Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Audits At the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) Annual Conference today, Jacki Leifer of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell presented about...

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