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 | May 5, 2011 | HIPAA
Reporting from Beijing, China. Microsoft is hurrying to fix a significant problem with windows at its Beijing facility. Recently, Microsoft constructed a new, dual-tower facility in the Haidian district of Beijing to consolidate its 3000 software engineers here in...
by Gary Pritts | Apr 7, 2011 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, HIPAA
Hospitals, physician practices, government agencies, business associates and others who must comply with the HIPAA Security regulations should dust off the previous HIPAA Security Risk Analysis and update it for 2011. Hospitals and Physician practices qualifying for...
by Gary Pritts | Apr 4, 2011 | HIPAA
(Editor’s Notes: 5/23/2018: Over the last 7 years, this program has morphed annually, although this post remains relevant. The Meaningful Use program is now called “Promoting Interoperability”. 10/1/2016: The scope of the Security Risk Analysis...
by Gary Pritts | Mar 22, 2011 | HIPAA
Fresh news from the National HIPAA Summit, held March 9-11 in Washington DC, is that the HHS Office of Civil Rights has scheduled “HIPAA Enforcement Training” for State Attorneys General. Susan McAndrew, OCR’s Deputy Director for Health Information...
by Gary Pritts | Feb 28, 2011 | DD Boards
All of Ohio’s County Boards of Developmental Disability have received a beautifully bound set of freshly updated HIPAA policies from the County Board Association. These changes are based on the new HIPAA law enacted in 2009. Don’t give into the...
