Gary Lucas serves as Vice President of Research & Development and provides strategic and tactical direction for the ArchProCoding as well as maintaining and administering the RHC and FQHC certification programs offered by ArchProCoding. Gary provides a unique perspective by having an extensive background in education & training in the healthcare industry over the last 29 years by providing over 1,900+ nationwide seminars on medical records documentation for physician and outpatient-based medical centers dealing with professional coding, medical billing, Medicare compliance, and practice management in person for 46 states.

Since accepting his current position with ArchProCoding, Gary has provided training and eLearning administration for ArchProCoding’s online and live/virtual training. Gary is responsible for the design and development of several revenue cycle and healthcare education related IT products and services while still providing onsite professional training and project management services to the rural health clinics and community health centers.

Starting in 2007, Gary spent 5 years with Booz Allen Hamilton providing IT consulting, organizational change, and training management services to federal government clients including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Veterans Health Administration, among others.

In 2004, Gary opened Discover Compliance Resources, Inc. and provided similar consulting services to pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, health care facilities, and the Department of Defense (CONUS and OCONUS).

Gary holds a Master of Science in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois – Chicago and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia. He currently resides in Metro-Atlanta and enjoys playing and watching live music, finding hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and making his 2 sons laugh.