Job Description

This leadership role leads TAG's Core Compliance function and is responsible for building, scaling, and operating the enterprise healthcare compliance program across a large, multi-unit, geographically dispersed footprint. TAG's broader compliance organization also includes dedicated Environmental Health & Safety, Licenses & Permits, and Privacy teams; this role focuses on core healthcare regulatory compliance. This leader builds and sustains strong partnerships across Risk Management, Clinical, Operations, HR, Finance, IT and Revenue Cycle leadership. Leads a high-performing Core Compliance team with clear accountability for results and services as a credible communicator to applicable stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Compliance Program Execution

• Operate TAG’s enterprise healthcare compliance program in alignment with OIG guidance, DOJ expectations, and applicable federal and state laws.

• Drive day-to-day compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements, including HIPAA/HITECH, Medicare/Medicaid requirements, fraud and abuse laws (AKS, Stark), scope-of-practice rules, billing and coding standards, and corporate practice of medicine considerations.

• Own enterprise compliance policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and internal controls across business units and clinical locations; refresh high-risk policies on a defined cadence.

• Develop, deliver, and continuously improve compliance training and education programs for executives, clinicians, and staff, targeting high completion rates and meaningful knowledge transfer.

• Lead compliance investigations, audits, and monitoring activities; ensure corrective action plans are timely, effective, and closed out with discipline, with measurable reduction in repeat findings year over year.

• Support the Head of Risk and Compliance in managing government inquiries, audits, and regulatory examinations in coordination with the Legal Department.

Scaling Compliance Across Multi-Unit Healthcare

• Design, build, and scale compliance programs, processes, and controls that operate consistently and effectively across 1,000+ locations, 46 states, and four clinical service lines, ensuring the program keeps pace with rapid organizational growth.

• Build repeatable, technology-enabled workflows that allow the compliance program to grow with the business without linear headcount additions.

• Standardize policies, training, monitoring, and remediation activities across business units while accommodating service line-specific regulatory nuances.

• Build strong, trusted partnerships with operations and clinical leadership to embed compliance into field operations, new office openings, acquisitions, and integration activities.

Compliance Leadership & Team Performance

• Lead and inspire the Core Compliance team, including directors, managers, specialists, and analysts; set a compelling vision, clear priorities, and high performance standards for the function.

• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain top compliance talent; build clear career pathways, development plans, and succession depth across the team.

• Establish and enforce a strong performance management culture with clear goals, measurable outcomes, regular feedback, and rigorous accountability for individual and team results.

• Serve as a credible, polished executive presence with the General Counsel, Head of Risk and Compliance, and other senior-level audiences; communicate complex compliance matters with clarity, confidence, and strategic context.

Proactive, Data-Driven Compliance

• Drive TAG’s shift from a reactive to a proactive, predictive compliance posture — identifying and addressing risk before issues escalate.

• Use data, analytics, and key risk indicators (KRIs) to identify trends, hot spots, and emerging compliance risks across business units and geographies.

• Embed compliance early in strategic initiatives, M&A activity, new market entry, new service line launches, and office openings/closures.

• Continuously evaluate program maturity against DOJ/OIG expectations and industry leading practices; drive a forward-looking roadmap of program enhancements.

• Champion a prevention-first, transformation-oriented mindset across the organization, designing controls, training, and monitoring that stop issues from occurring, not just detect them after the fact.

Analytics, Scorecarding & Executive Reporting

• Design, launch, and operate executive-level Compliance KPI dashboards, scorecards, and key risk indicators that translate program activity into clear, decision-ready insights.

• Apply strong analytical skills to source, structure, and interpret compliance data from across the enterprise, turning raw signals into trends, themes, and recommended actions.

• Build the underlying data architecture, metrics definitions, and reporting cadence required to make scorecards reliable, repeatable, and trusted.

• Deliver executive-level presentations and reports to the Head of Risk and Compliance, General Counsel, and other senior leaders; tailor messaging to drive informed decision-making.

• Partner with technology and analytics teams to automate compliance reporting, reduce manual effort, and accelerate insight generation.

Monitoring, Auditing & Audit Readiness

• Design and execute the enterprise compliance auditing and monitoring work plan, including risk-based audits across coding/billing, clinical documentation, HIPAA, and operational compliance.

• Establish centralized audit tracking, with clear ownership, due dates, and disciplined closure of findings.

• Lead execution of mock regulatory audits and readiness exercises to stress-test the compliance program before regulators do.

• Drive year-over-year reduction in audit findings and repeat findings through systemic root-cause remediation.

Partnership with Risk Management

• Build and maintain a strong, collaborative partnership with the Risk Management team to deliver an integrated, well-coordinated compliance and risk program.

• Align compliance monitoring, investigations, and remediation activities with enterprise risk activities led by the Risk Management team.

• Share compliance data, trends, and key risk indicators with the Risk Management team to support enterprise-wide visibility and decision-making.

Controlled Substances & Clinical Compliance

• Operate compliance activities related to controlled substances, including DEA, state pharmacy, and controlled substance regulations, covering ordering, storage, prescribing, dispensing, inventory control, disposal, and diversion prevention.

• Lead HIPAA compliance activities, ensuring enterprise-wide adherence to HIPAA/HITECH requirements across all business units and clinical locations.

• Partner with clinical and quality leaders on compliance aspects of patient safety, infection control, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Coordinate responses to regulatory inspections, surveys, and enforcement actions, escalating to the Head of Risk and Compliance and Legal as appropriate.

Governance & Speak-Up Culture

• Serve as a key advisor to the Vice President and Head of Risk and Compliance, General Counsel on compliance matters.

• Foster a culture of compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

• Champion a “speak up” culture; ensure the compliance hotline, intake, triage, and investigation processes are trusted, accessible, and effective, with zero tolerance for retaliation.

• Drive employee awareness of reporting channels and a healthy reporting volume as a leading indicator of program trust.

• Represent Compliance in cross-functional governance forums and executive committees.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required with a preferred advanced degree (Juris Doctor, Master’s, or Doctorate); healthcare related field strongly preferred.

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience will also be considered.

• Minimum of 10 to 12 years of progressive experience in healthcare compliance, with significant time in leadership roles.

• Proven experience leading, building, and scaling compliance programs in large, multi-unit, geographically dispersed healthcare organizations through periods of growth and transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and retain high-performing teams; strong track record of performance management, accountability, and driving measurable team results.

• Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience designing and operating compliance KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and key risk indicators.

• Exceptional executive-level written, verbal, and presentation skills, with demonstrated experience presenting complex compliance matters to senior audiences with clarity and strategic impact.

• Strong working knowledge of federal and state healthcare laws and regulatory enforcement trends, including HIPAA/HITECH, AKS, Stark, and Medicare/Medicaid requirements.

• Demonstrated experience managing complex compliance audits, investigations, and remediation activities.

• Proven ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships and influence senior business and clinical leaders to embed compliance into operational decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in physician practice management, outpatient services, or other distributed healthcare delivery models.

• Compliance certification (e.g., CHC, CCEP, or equivalent).

• Experience preparing materials for and presenting to Boards or Board-level committees.

• Familiarity with private equity-backed or high-growth healthcare organizations.

• Experience transforming compliance programs from reactive to proactive, data-driven operating models; track record of driving cultural and operational change.

Core Competencies:

• Strong, decisive, and visionary leader who sets direction, develops talent, holds the team accountable, and drives sustained high performance.

• Proactive, transformation-driven mindset; anticipates issues, challenges the status quo, and drives continuous program improvement rather than reacting to problems.

• Strong analytical orientation, comfortable with data, metrics, KPIs, and translating numbers into narrative.

• Pragmatic, creative problem solver who can break down complex, ambiguous issues, identify root causes, and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions across a multi-unit healthcare environment.

• Builder mindset, proven ability to scale programs, processes, and teams across a high-growth, multi-unit healthcare organization.

• Trusted partner and relationship builder; earns credibility across clinical, operational, and corporate functions and drives alignment through influence rather than authority.

• Executive presence and polished communicator; distills complex compliance issues into clear, actionable insights for C-suite and Board audiences.

• High accountability orientation; owns outcomes, holds self and team to commitments, manages performance with discipline, and closes the loop on every deliverable.

• Strong judgment, ethical decision-making, and ability to balance regulatory rigor with operational realities.

• High degree of discretion, professionalism, and integrity.

• Base Pay Range: $209,800 - $250,000, plus 25% annual bonus (Actual pay may vary based on experience, performance, and qualifications.)

• A generous benefits package that includes paid time off, health, dental, vision, and 401(k) savings plan with match.

• The position is based in Chicago, IL, with an expectation of 4 days per week in-office and 1 day remote. Candidates located outside the 35-mile radius of Chicago may be considered, for remote, on a case-by-case basis.

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