Assistant Vice Chancellor
Robert H. Ossoff, D.M.D, M.D.,CHC
Director of Compliance
Chris Thomason, MBA, CHC
Compliance Manager
Julie Appleton, CCS-P, CPC
Administrative Manager
Maxine Cunningham, BA
Coding Compliance Consultants
Joy Carr, RHIT
Darija Giniunaite, CPC
Deborah Johnson, MEd, RHIT, CCS-P
Dawn Ho, RHIT
Shelly Lampley, CPC, CHA
Joyce Will, CPC
Office Assistant IV/Web Admin
Fernando E. Murphy
The Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity (OCCI) is charged with identifying and mitigating risks associated with potential violations of the anti-kickback statute, Stark Laws, the Federal and State False Claims Act and various other laws and rules that impact billing, coding and reimbursement for the Medical Center. While the OCCI is involved with a multitude of compliance related functions and responsbilities, the primary focus is compliance with billing and coding.
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Robert H. Ossoff, D.M.D., M.D., CHC
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Compliance
and Corporate Integrity
Dr. Robert H. Ossoff is Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Compliance and Corporate Integrity at Vanderbilt Medical Center (VMC). In addition, Dr. Ossoff serves as the Executive Medical Director of the Vanderbilt Voice Center and Maness Professor of Laryngology and Voice at VMC. In July 1986, Dr. Ossoff was appointed the first Maness Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and served in that position for 22 years. He also served as the founding director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and the Vanderbilt Voice Center.
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Office of Compliance & Corporate Integrity
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