The ethics and compliance program's foundation rests on the support of several committees and individuals both at the corporate level and within the facilities.

Corporate ethics and compliance officer

Kathi Whalen serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for HCA Healthcare.

Learn more about Kathi


Ethics and compliance officers (ECOs)

We have developed ECO guides which provide information, resources, as well as tips on how to effectively oversee the ethics and compliance program in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. In addition to the guides, Facility ECOs are provided with comprehensive training and ongoing education regarding their responsibilities.


Responsible executives

Responsible executives are individuals within the corporate office who have been identified as the subject matter experts in particular areas of compliance risk, and who are responsible for those areas.

Area of Compliance Risk Responsible Executive Name
Abstraction VP, COG Clinical Data Analytics Kacie Kleja
Abstraction SVP, HIM Cindy Nichols
Americans with Disabilities Act – Access to Services VP, Chief Diversity Officer Sherri Neal
Americans with Disabilities Act – Physical Access VP, Construction and Equipment Clint Russell
Americans with Disabilities Act – Physical Access Director, ADA Program Rodney Harris
Antitrust VP, Legal and Corporate Secretary John Franck
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning VP, Accelerated Technologies JR Allen
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning SVP, Care Transformation & Innovation Michael Schlosser
Aviation Director, Corporate Aircraft Brian Christenson
Behavioral Health President, Behavioral Health Svcs Eric Paul
Billing VP, Regulatory Compliance Gail Garrett
Case Management President, Case Management Jay St. Pierre
Clinical Investigation and Research VP, Compliance Research David Vulcano
Clinical Investigation and Research AVP, Research ECO Robbin Seago
Coding VP, Regulatory Compliance Gail Garrett
Collections President & CEO, Parallon Business Performance Group Shannon Dauchot
Collections SVP, Service Center Operations Lilyan Fleming
Cost Reports AVP, Reimbursement Vaughan DePillo
Credentialing and Privileging VP, Critical Care Services Jeff Guy
Electronic Health Record VP, Chief Health Info Officer Jake O’Shea
Emergency Preparedness VP, Emergency Operations Michael Wargo
EMTALA VP, Legal Operations Scott Noonan
EMTALA SVP, Assistant CNE Erica Rossitto
Environment VP, Facility Management Services Ron Van Vilsteren
ERISA VP, Employee Benefits Sherri Henry
Financial Reporting Executive VP, CFO Mike Marks
Global Anti-Corruption VP, Legal and Corporate Secretary John Franck
Global Capability Network SVP, Global Capability Network Emily Duncan
Government Contracts VP, Ethics and Compliance Elsie Faciane
Graduate Medical Education VP, Graduate Medical Education Dr. Monique Butler
Home Health and Hospice Division VP, Home Health & Hospice Cindy Douglas
Home Health and Hospice CFO, Home Health & Hospice Brad Parrish
Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention VP, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist Ken Sands
Imaging SVP, PPR & Women's Services Amy Casseri
Information Security VP, Chief Information Security Officer Jason Barnett
Insurance VP, Risk and Insurance and President, HCI Brad Spicer
Intellectual Property Sr. Managing Counsel Rob Arreola
International Business President, International Operations John Reay
Labor and Employee Relations VP, Labor Relations Thomas Beck
Laboratory VP, Chief Laboratory Officer Heather Signorelli
Laboratory CEO, Integrated Regional Labs Joanne Trout
Laboratory VP, Regulatory Compliance Gail Garrett
Licensure, Accreditation and Certification VP, Chief Patient Safety Officer Karla Miller
Manufacturing Compliance Executive Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Karen Wagener
Marketing and Advertising SVP, Marketing and Communications Deb Reiner
Medical Transportation VP, Patient Logistics & Medical Transportation Amy Norman
Medicare Bundled Payment Programs President, Post- Acute Services Beth Alston
Medicare Conditions of Participation VP, Chief Patient Safety Officer Karla Miller
Medicare Coverage Determinations VP, Regulatory Compliance Gail Garrett
Medicare Coverage Determinations CMO, American Group and VP, Group Clinical Operations Pranav Mehta
Medicare Enrollment VP, Regulatory Reimbursement Ops Eric Smith
Occupational Safety VP, Risk and Insurance and President, HCI Brad Spicer
Occupational Safety AVP, Workers Comp & EE Safety Stan Cobb
Occupational Safety VP, Workforce Health & Safety Ryan Sledge
Patient Safety VP, Chief Patient Safety Officer Karla Miller
Payer Contracts SVP, Employer and Payer Engage. Kathryn Torres
Payroll Parallon Corporate Controller Annette Strait
Pharmacy VP, Chief Patient Safety Officer Karla Miller
Pharmacy Senior Director, Medication Regulatory and Systems Compl. Kara Murray
Physician and Provider Relations SVP, Provider Relations Amy Casseri
Physician Relationships VP, Legal Operations Scott Noonan
Physician Services/Practices VP and ECO, HCA Physician Services Group Susan Peters Mitchell
Political Activities SVP, Government Affairs Jeff Cohen
Privacy VP and Chief Privacy Officer Karen Raines
Provider-based Entities AVP, Reimbursement Vaughan DePillo
Procurement HealthTrust President and CEO Ed Jones
Real Estate VP, Real Estate Todd Maxwell
Records Management VP, Chief Information Security Officer Jason Barnett
Rehabilitation Services VP, Acute Rehabilitation Services William Grey
Safety and Security VP, Chief Information Security Officer Jason Barnett
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Executive VP, CFO Mike Marks
Securities Regulation VP, Legal and Corporate Secretary John Franck
Surgical Services VP, Clinical Operations Surgical Services Kristy Frazier
Tax VP, Tax Lee Grubbs

Committees

Ethics and compliance committees throughout HCA provide direction and support to the ethics and compliance program.