Mr. Barrett has been Executive Director of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) since its inception in 1993. EHNAC is nationally recognized non-profit healthcare accreditation organization. He has 10 years leading healthcare professional services organizations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAIC, Covansys and Virtusa. He has 13 years in senior management roles in payer organizations including: MassMutual, Connecticut Mutual, Travelers and Aetna. He has also been in senior leadership for the American Dental Association Business Enterprises Inc. (ADABEI), the for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of the ADA, a provider organization. He has led several healthcare software/services development companies including: MBEXX, Claredi, HealthEC and others in which many he facilitated their acquisition. He has served as chairman of WEDI, and ASCX12N Insurance Subcommittee, serves on the eHi Leadership Council and DirectTrust Board and has been on a number of other industry board roles.

He speaks nationally on a number of e-Health/HIT industry topics and is involved in a number of industry coalitions promoting the use and implementation of both administrative and clinical transactions, including the development and proliferation of electronic health records (EHR) and “Meaningful Use” including the Sequoia Project and the promulgation of the Direct Protocol and assuring the security/privacy of health Information exchanges. Mr. Barrett continues to work on key HIT industry initiatives that lay the foundation for health information technology – including support and implementation of key healthcare legislative mandates and speaks nationally regarding security, privacy and cybersecurity risk management/assessment and mitigation strategies and tactics.