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 | Feb 19, 2014 | DD Boards
OCR Investigators Wandah Hardy and Jeffrey Dunifon, both from Office of Civil Rights Region 5, presented today to approximately 70 representatives from Ohio Developmental Disability (DD) Boards at a special program organized by the Ohio DD Board Tech Alliance. We will...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 17, 2014 | Health Information Technology
Medical practices and other healthcare organizations who use consumer-grade networking equipment made by Linksys should take immediate steps to mitigate attacks that are spreading after researchers at the SANS Institute reported the outbreak of a self-replicating worm...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 13, 2014 | HIPAA
[Editor’s Note: During 2016 Healthcare experienced a dramatic increase of virulent ransomware attacks. Please also see a more a more comprehensive list of security contols in the post Preventing and Mitigating Ransomware Attacks, posted 10/4/2016.] A nasty...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 10, 2014 | CMS Quality Payment Programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program 2013 reporting year. Also, some hospitals are being offered the...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 4, 2014 | HIPAA
Several recent enforcement actions from the HHS Office of Civil Rights, along with OCR’s consistent messaging, have highlighted the importance of the HIPAA security risk analysis for healthcare organizations. Further, recent cases make it clear that a...
