First Healthcare Compliance CONNECT September 2019

Surviving an OCR Audit – Lessons Learned
By Catherine Short
Raymond Ribble is the founder of SPHER
Inc. and co-founder of Fusion Systems
Co., Ltd. Ray leads the SPHER organization
as they deliver privacy & security
cybersecurity solutions in healthcare.
He will lead the presentation Surviving
an OCR Audit – Lessons Learned at the
upcoming HIPAA Privacy and Security
Summit on November 14.
SPHER represents the leading SaaS-based privacy
monitoring security solution for HIPAA Compliance,
Meaningful Use, and MIPS offering overall protection of
patient health information.
Ray participates in a number of healthcare groups, speaks
at universities, industry conferences and webinars, while
actively contributing to the growing awareness of the need
to identify unauthorized access to PHI and breach detection.
With over 25 years in the technology industry, Ray has been
involved in delivering solutions for multiple industries from
Aerospace with Northrop, to investment banking financial
systems in Asia for many of the world’s top banks, to the
recent creation of machine learning-based solutions for the
US Healthcare markets.
Ray remains active in international businesses and
technology communities including: PHI Protection Network,
Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, the American Chamber of
Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) as past Co-Chairman of the ICT
Committee, the Japan America Society, the YMCA, as well
as many charities.
Ray holds a BSc. in Aerospace Technology & Management
from Western Michigan University, and completed his
advanced Japanese Studies at UCLA.
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