Chief Compliance Officer

Innovative Renal Care

1d • Remote

About The Position

Innovative Renal Care is hiring a Chief Compliance Officer to lead its enterprise compliance program. Reporting to the CEO, the role oversees compliance, ethics, and privacy across a multi-site, multi-state organization operating through joint ventures with physician partners. The Chief Compliance Officer advises the CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors, works directly with physician partners and joint venture governing bodies, and ensures the compliance program keeps pace with organizational growth.

The role leads and evaluates the enterprise compliance and ethics program, including the Code of Conduct, policies, training, and compliance hotline. It oversees compliance with healthcare fraud and abuse laws, billing and reimbursement requirements, HIPAA, Medicare ESRD Conditions for Coverage, and applicable state and local regulations. It also provides compliance oversight for joint venture ownership, distribution, and referral arrangements; leads risk assessments, audits, monitoring, investigations, and corrective actions; coordinates regulatory responses; chairs compliance committees; oversees the HIPAA Privacy Officer function and coordinates security efforts; supports compliance review of acquisitions and partnerships; and builds a compliance team and infrastructure to support growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 12+ years of progressive healthcare compliance experience, including senior leadership responsibility.
• Prior senior compliance leadership role in a healthcare organization.
• Experience leading compliance in a multi-state healthcare organization operating through joint ventures with physicians or physician groups, including oversight of ownership, distribution, and referral arrangements under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
• Experience working with physician partners and joint venture governing bodies to align compliance expectations, monitoring, and reporting across multiple ownership groups.
• Working knowledge of healthcare regulations, with particular depth in the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act as they apply to physician-owned entities, as well as CMS, Medicare and Medicaid, HIPAA, and applicable state laws.
• Experience advising executive leadership and Boards of Directors on compliance, ethics, governance, and regulatory risk.
• Experience leading investigations, audits, monitoring programs, risk assessments, regulatory responses, and corrective action plans.
• Experience building compliance teams and scalable compliance infrastructure.
• Sound judgment and the ability to balance regulatory requirements with operational goals.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or another advanced degree in law, healthcare administration, business administration, public health, or a related field.
• Professional credential such as CHC, CIA, or another relevant compliance, audit, or risk certification.
• Experience in dialysis, renal care, or another Medicare-dependent healthcare service line.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evaluate the enterprise compliance and ethics program, including the Code of Conduct, policies, training, and compliance hotline.
• Oversee compliance with fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act; billing and reimbursement requirements; HIPAA; Medicare ESRD Conditions for Coverage; and state and local healthcare regulations.
• Provide compliance oversight across the joint venture model, including ownership, distribution, and referral arrangements with physician partners.
• Conduct risk assessments, audits, and monitoring, and report results to executive leadership and the Board.
• Lead investigations and corrective action in partnership with Legal and Human Resources.
• Coordinate responses to government audits, inquiries, and records requests with the General Counsel.
• Chair the Corporate Compliance Committee and Executive Compliance Committee.
• Serve as, or oversee, the HIPAA Privacy Officer function and coordinate HIPAA Security efforts with IT and Information Security.
• Support compliance review of acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
• Build, develop, and retain a compliance team, ensuring the department’s structure supports growth.
• Advise the CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors on compliance, ethics, governance, and regulatory risk.

Benefits

• 401(k) match
• Healthcare coverage
• A broad range of other benefits that compare favorably within the industry and marketplace
• Enhanced PTO, with recent dialysis experience counting toward PTO accrual

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive