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Darren L. Speed
Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer | Driving Excellence in Healthcare Compliance & Ethics 🏥
👋 Greetings! I'm Darren Speed, founder of DLS Consulting and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer/CCPO. I’ve served successfully as CCPO for the nations second largest diagnostic imaging company as well as working as Director and Consultant within: hospitals, telehealth, online providers, physicians offices, home health, pharmaceutical, skilled nursing, hospice, and behavioral health.
💼 With over 15 years of dedicated experience in healthcare compliance, I build partnerships by designing and orchestrating comprehensive compliance and ethics programs. These partnership programs ensure that organizations mitigate risk by following all pertinent laws, regulations, standards, and best practices within the healthcare sector, ultimately safeguarding the privacy and security of valued patients, employees, and partners.
🛡️ My Areas of Expertise Include:
• Building Complete Compliance Programs from the ground up
• Corporate Integrity Agreements/CIA and Communication with government entities (OIG, OCR, CMS, HHS)
• Forensic HIPAA Auditing
• Compliance and Privacy Investigations with Resolution
• Policy Development & Implementation
• Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Insurance Claims
• Risk Mitigation Planning
• HIPAA and HIPAA Risk Analysis
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Designing and Implementing Compliance and Privacy Systems
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Compliance, Privacy and Ethics Training for: C-Suite, Board, and all Team Members
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Implementing Enterprise Wide Ethics Hotlines
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Auditing Oversight for Billing, Coding and Medical Necessity
🌟 Leveraging my diverse background, which encompasses clinical experience as a medically based Speech and Language Pathologist followed by operational leadership, I bridge the gap between healthcare expertise and operational efficiency. I engage with all levels of the organization, aligning compliance and privacy objectives seamlessly in order to reach business and strategic goals.
💡 Passionate about cultivating a culture of compliance and ethics, I empower teams to provide exceptional, safe care to patients and communities, fostering trust and reliability at every touchpoint.
🚀 Let's Connect
• Considering Fractional Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer?
• Need guidance on navigating complex regulatory landscapes?
• Committed to elevating your organization's ethical standards?
Let's collaborate to fortify your compliance framework and propel your organization toward excellence. Connect with me here, Linked In or via email at darren@hippomt.com
Join me in championing integrity and ethics within the healthcare industry. Let's ensure a brighter, compliant future together.
DLS Consulting, provides help for healthcare companies in the areas of Ethics, Compliance and Privacy. Helping you with HIPAA Breaches, HIPAA Risk Analysis, Fraud Investigations, Board and Employee Training for HIPAA and Compliance, P n P creation, Building Compliance and Ethics Programs, Establishing Compliance and Ethics Hotline, Billing and Coding Auditing, and Data Privacy.
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