Certification, Professional Affiliations, and Awards

HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATION (HCCA) – Member
Certified in Healthcare Compliance – CHC – since 2001

HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (HFMA), WI CHAPTER
Member Board of Directors
– 2010 – 2018

  • Served as the Compliance/Link (National Regulatory) Committee Chairperson.
  • Frequent contributor of articles to the chapter newsletter regarding compliance and regulatory issues.
    • President’s AwardBoard of Directors in 2015-2016, and again in 2017-2018.
      • Awarded in recognition of hard work and dedication above and beyond the call.
    • Founders Merit Award – Frederick T. Muncie Gold Award – 2016
      • Awarded in recognition of professional volunteer hours.
    • Founders Merit Award – Robert H. Reeves Silver Award – 2013
    • Founders Merit Award – William G. Follmer Bronze Award2011

HIPAA COLLABORATIVE OF WISCONSIN (HIPAA COW)
Active member and chairperson of various networking groups from 2001 – present

  • Currently the voluntary co-chair of the Privacy Networking Group (since 2024)
  • Currently the voluntary co-chair of the Risk Management Networking Group (since 2017),
  • Former co-chair of HIPAA Security Networking Group from 2007 to 2015
  • Occasional conference speaker since 2001
  • Contributing author of a wide variety of deliverables including policies and procedures, and white papers, and primary author of a state-wide benchmarking survey addressing compliance with HIPAA Security regulations and primary author of “Risk Management Policy.”