Vice President Quality & Compliance

Care Synergy • Denver, CO

5d • $204,256 - $240,000

About The Position

Care Synergy has an immediate opening for a Vice President of Quality & Compliance. This role is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, quality performance optimization, and enterprise risk mitigation across all hospices, palliative care, bereavement, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE services. The VP serves as the designated Compliance Officer for Care Synergy and provides strategic oversight of compliance infrastructure, regulatory adherence, performance improvement initiatives, and Board-level quality reporting. The position ensures enterprise alignment of quality standards, audit functions, and corrective action processes across Affiliates. The success of this role will be measured by regulatory outcomes, audit performance, publicly reported quality metrics, and effective enterprise risk mitigation.

Requirements

• Mission Driven – Alignment with Care Synergy and each Affiliate’s mission, vision, values, service philosophy and standards.
• Education – BSN required, Master’s degree required (Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Public Health, or related field preferred)
• Experience – Minimum 10 years of healthcare leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years progressive senior leadership roles in healthcare quality, compliance, or risk management
• Required License: Valid Colorado driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance in accordance with state statute.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice, Palliative Care, Home Care and/or PACE experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience in leading organizations through healthcare accreditation processes with TJC or CHAAP or ACH
• Certification - Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) or (CPCO) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Corporate Compliance Officer for Care Synergy.
• Leads and maintains the Corporate Compliance and Risk Management programs across all Affiliates.
• Leads the Health Information Management functions at Care Synergy and its Affiliates.
• Ensures compliance with: CMS Conditions of Participation (Hospice & PACE), State and federal regulations, Accreditation standards, OIG guidance
• Establishes and oversees annual enterprise compliance audit plans.
• Leads internal investigations related to compliance concerns.
• Oversees governmental, regulatory, and accreditation reporting requirements.
• Develops and monitors corrective action plans to ensure sustained compliance.
• Establishes enterprise-wide quality strategy across hospice, palliative care, bereavement, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE services.
• Analyzes publicly reported and internal quality metrics including: Hospice Item Set (HIS), CAHPS Hospice, PACE quality measures, Incident and complaint data, Other regulatory or performance indicators.
• Provides in-depth statistical analysis and trending to leadership and Boards.
• Recommends strategic modifications to improve patient, participant, and family outcomes.
• Leads the Care Synergy Quality Committee.
• Provides routine reporting to: CEO, Executive Leadership, Affiliate Presidents, Affiliate Board Quality Committees
• Ensures transparency and proactive risk communication.
• Oversees development and maintenance of enterprise compliance and risk policies.
• Reviews and updates policies to reflect regulatory changes and best practices.
• Ensures standardized compliance framework across Affiliates while respecting program-specific regulatory differences (Hospice vs. PACE).
• Partners with: Affiliate Presidents, Clinical Leadership, HR, Finance, Operations
• Advises executive leadership of potential risk exposure and regulatory vulnerabilities.
• Supports strategic growth initiatives by ensuring compliance readiness.
• Maintains professional affiliations and industry engagement.
• Represents Care Synergy in regulatory, accreditation, and industry forums as appropriate.

Benefits

• Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000
• Healthcare Benefits are effective on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay/Sick Leave): 18 days in the first year for FT team members
• Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Career & Logo wear
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Clinical Career Ladders
• Certification Pay
• Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
• Team Member Service Awards
• Early Wage Access
• Legal and Identity Protection
• Robust Leadership Development Training Programs

What This Job Offers

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