Barry S. Herrin, CHPS, FAHIMA, FACHE
888-859-0986
Barry Herrin’s practice is devoted primarily to health care and hospital law and policy, privacy law, and representation of tax-exempt healthcare organizations, with a particular emphasis in operational and governance issues, transactional matters, health information management and privacy issues, general compliance matters, and the establishment of physician-hospital collaboratives such as accountable care organizations, integrated delivery systems, joint ventured insurance entities, and jointly owned ambulatory surgery centers.
Barry has more than 30 years of legal experience. He has devoted the majority of that time to serving health care providers, from single-physician practices to multi-provider systems. He has been ranked by Chambers and Partners as one of the leading individual attorneys in healthcare in Georgia since 2009. In 2018, he was selected as a Subject Matter Expert in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector by InfraGard National Members Alliance. InfraGard is a nonprofit alliance of individuals in the private sector and FBI field offices across the United States.
Barry is a committed volunteer in service to his community, state, and nation. He is a lifelong Scout and Scouter, earning the Eagle Scout rank in 1980, the Silver Beaver for dedicated service to the Atlanta Area Council in 1996, and the Robert E. Burt Award for Distinguished Service to Scouting from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 2016.
He retired from the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary in 2015 after a 25-year career, in which he served for six years as the National Legal Officer and attained the rank of Colonel. For his volunteer service and good works, he has been commissioned both as a Kentucky Colonel and as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia State Militia as an aide-de-camp to Governor Nathan Deal.
Barry is one of very few attorneys in the United States that is both a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association, recognitions of his professional qualifications beyond the law. He also holds a Certificate in Healthcare Privacy and Security from the American Health Information Management Association, a credential shared by many professional healthcare information managers, as well as a Certificate in Cyber Security from Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He is also a certified barbecue judge.
Awards and Recognition
- Honored Listee, Marquis Who’s Who (2024)
- InfraGard National Members Alliance, Subject Matter Expert
- Martindale-Hubbell® “AV Preeminent” Rating
- Ranked by Chambers USA for Excellence in Healthcare Law (2009 – 2019)
- Robert E. Burt Award for Service to Boy Scouting, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (2015)
- American College of Healthcare Executives Exemplary Service Award (2015)
- Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA) (2014)
- American College of Healthcare Executives Senior Executive Regent’s Award (2012)
- Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (2012)
- American College of Healthcare Executives Distinguished Service Award (2011)
- U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) Distinguished Service Medal (2011, 2013, and 2014)
- American Health Information Management Association – Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) (2010)
- North Carolina Health Information Management Association – Honorary Member (2010)
- American College of Healthcare Executives Service Award (2008)
- Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) (2007)
- Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP “Good Egg” (2004)
- Georgia Health Information Management Association Champion Award (2004)
- James E. West Fellowship, Alapaha Area Council Boy Scouts of America (2002)
- Claude M. Scarborough, Jr. Pro Bono Award (1999)
- U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) Lifesaving Medal (1998)
- Silver Beaver Award, Atlanta Area Council Boy Scouts of America (1996)
- Georgia Defense Humanitarian Service Award (1994)
ADMISSIONS
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- North Carolina
EDUCATION
- Georgia State University College of Law, Juris Doctorate (cum laude)
- Georgia State University, Bachelor of Arts, History (summa cum laude)
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Certificate in Cyber Security
MEMBERSHIPS
- American College of Healthcare Executives
- American Health Information Management Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
- The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- The Florida Bar
- Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys
- Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives
- Georgia Health Information Management Association
- InfraGard – Atlanta Chapter; National Cyber Health Working Group
- North Carolina Bar Association
- North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys
- State Bar of Georgia
Barry’s Books
I’m NOT There For You, Man: The Curmudgeon’s Self-Help Guide to Success in the Modern Workplace
This entrant into the self-help genre showcases what is wrong with older and younger generations, and attempts to build a funny and sarcastic bridge between the two. And the reader will discover some nuggets of valuable information along the way — honest.
Remerton: The Strickland Cotton Mills and Mill Village , 1899-1979
Begun as a college honors thesis, the book offers a direct glimpse into one of the last working textile mills in South Georgia – the Strickland Cotton Mills and the mill village of Remerton. This small community, on the outskirts of Valdosta, Ga., is a case study in the foundation, operation, and decline of the family-owned textile industry that once dominated much of the industrial economy of the New South. Relying on oral history from mill workers and owners, the author tells a compelling and human story of life in a mill village.