Health Care Compliance Association
Established in 1996, Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)® is a member-based association for healthcare compliance professionals. Serving more than 12,700+ members across the country, it is dedicated to enabling the lasting success and integrity of those working in, working with or supporting healthcare organizations. Incorporated in 2011, Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics & Health Care Compliance Association (SCCE & HCCA) is a 501(c)(6) non- profit organization.
Its members include compliance officers and staff working in hospitals, research facilities, clinics, and technology services providers, as well as anyone providing services or goods to these organizations or the compliance community. Each member has direct access to their CEO, Gerry Zack.
History
HCCA started as a meeting at the 1996 annual Medical Group Management Association. Attendees included Roy Snell, founder and first president of HCCA from 1996-1998 and appointed CEO from 2001-2018, Brent Saunders, and Edward G. Longazel. At HCCA’s first annual meeting, many members asked for more local networking opportunities. It was decided at the meeting that HCCA would establish ten HCCA regions, based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regions. From two members in Minneapolis in 1996, it grew to 2000 members three years later, and today services more than 12,700+ compliance professionals.
Education, publications and events
HCCA offers a robust calendar of 50+ events each year, including weekly web conferences, one-day regional conferences, to three-and-a-half day national conferences, and classroom-style Academies covering the basics of healthcare compliance. It also offers a range of products such as books, magazines, and newsletters. Its resources are available in print through its website, and also online through COSMOS. COSMOS is an online platform, providing practical content with powerful search and links to relevant resources.
Certification
The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® was established in 1999. CCB’s mission is to develop criteria for the determination of competence in the practice of compliance at a variety of levels, and to recognize individuals meeting these criteria. CCB certifies over 12,500 compliance professionals through its seven compliance certification programs: Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)®, Certified in Healthcare Compliance– Fellow (CHC-F)®, Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC®), Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance (CHRC)®, Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)®, Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional–Fellow (CCEP-F)®, Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional–International (CCEP-I)®.
2019 - 2020 SCCE & HCCA Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Art Weiss, JD, CCEP-F, CCEP-I SCCE & HCCA President Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, TAMKO LLC Building Products, Joplin, MO, USA
Robert Bond, BA, CompBCS, FSALS, CCEP SCCE & HCCA Vice President Partner, Notary Public at Bristows LLP, London, UK
Walter Johnson, CHC, CHPC, CCEP, CCEP-I SCCE & HCCA Second Vice President Assistant Privacy Officer, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Samantha Kelen, MBEC, CCEP SCCE & HCCA Treasurer Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Cardinal Innovations Healthcare, Charlotte, NC, USA
R. Brett Short SCCE & HCCA Secretary Chief Compliance Officer, UK HealthCare/University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Louis Perold, CCEP, CCEP-I SCCE & HCCA Non-Officer of the Executive Committee Global Compliance Manager, Jabil, Pretoria, South Africa
Lori Strauss, RN, MSA, CPC, CHC, CHPC, CCEP, CHRC SCCE & HCCA Immediate Past President Assistant Vice President Hospital Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
EX-OFFICIO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Gerard Zack, CCEP, CFE, CPA, CIA, CRMA Chief Executive Officer, SCCE & HCCA, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Stephen Warch, JD SCCE & HCCA General Counsel, Nilan Johnson Lewis, PA, Minneapolis, MN, USA
BOARD MEMBERS
Kristy Grant-Hart Founder and Managing Director, Spark Compliance Consulting, London, UK
Odell Guyton, CCEP, CCEP-I SCCE Co-Founder, Compliance & Ethics Professional, Quilcene, WA, USA
Margaret Hambleton, MBA, CHC, CHPC President, Hambleton Compliance, LLC, Valencia, CA, USA
Gabriel L. Imperato, Esq., CHC Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Shin Jae Kim, CCEP, CCEP-I, Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil
Jenny O’Brien, JD, CHC, CHPC Chief Compliance Officer, UnitedHealthcare, Minnetonka, MN, USA
Judy Ringholz, RN, JD, CHC VP of Compliance and Ethics, Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA
Daniel Roach, JD Chief Compliance Officer, Optum360, LLC, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Greg Triguba, CCEP, CCEP-I Principal, Compliance Integrity Solutions, Mill Creek, WA, USA
Debbie Troklus, CHRC, CHC-F, CCEP-F, CHPC, CCEP-I Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting, Chicago, IL, USA
Sheryl Vacca, CHC-F, CHRC, CCEP-F, CHPC, CCEP-I Chief Risk Officer, Providence St Joseph Health, Renton, WA, USA
HCCA social network: HCCAnet
In 2008, HCCA launched a private social network that allows compliance professionals to connect online, engage in discussion, share documents including policies and procedures, and start discussion communities dedicated to particular areas of compliance, job titles, and individuals who work in various regions in the US and around the globe. The social network, now called HCCAnet, has profiles of over 15,000 compliance professionals who have used the service.
Compliance today
A monthly, members-only magazine, available in print and HCCA’s online platform (COSMOS), providing valuable information for compliance professionals.
Resource library
HCCA has a dedicated library for members and non-members alike to easily search and have access to more than 4,000 documents covering health care compliance issues.