2006 Board of Directors

Cynthia E. Boyd is a member of the faculty at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois and Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. She is the former Assistant Dean for Minority Affairs at Rush Medical College, a position she held for six years until stepping down last fall. As Assistant Dean her responsibilities included counseling (academic, career, personal and financial) and mentoring of prospective students and Rush medical students. She worked closely with the Committee on Admissions and the Committee on Student Evaluation and Promotions to provide input and advice related to minority affairs. For the last seven years, Dr. Boyd has also served as the Program Director at Rush for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Summer Medical Education Program (formerly known as the Minority Medical Education Program), which includes a consortium of three Chicago area medical schools.  Currently she is also Chair of the Association of American Medical College’s Group on Student Affairs-Minority Affairs Section (MAS) for the Central region. In this role, she and other MAS members have worked to develop a strategic plan for the GSA-MAS. In December 2004, Dr. Boyd was involved with the Institute of Medicine of Chicago sponsored conference called: Eliminating Health Disparities in Chicago: A Call to Action. Dr. Boyd helped to facilitate an interactive session involving community-based leaders, educators, academics and business leaders on how to develop educational interventions for current healthcare providers to enhance abilities to work with underserved minority populations.

Dr. Boyd is also Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer for Rush University Medical Center (RUMC). She has served in this role for the last three years and is responsible for providing direction and oversight of the institution’s Corporate Compliance and Privacy Program.  Her responsibilities include identifying and assessing areas of compliance risk for the hospital and communicating these risks and the importance of the Compliance Program to executive management and the Board of Trustees. She was recently appointed the Chief Security Officer for the institution. In this role she is responsible for the oversight of the HIPAA Security Rule with respect to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all electronic protected health information. Dr Boyd has been a guest lecturer at Compliance related conferences nationally.

For the past nine years Dr. Boyd has also served as Director of Medical Staff Operations at RUMC. In this role she fulfills the quality management needs of the medical center and the regulatory and quality needs of the medical staff, which is comprised of over 850 active physicians. Her duties are to provide hospital-wide consultation and support to ensure compliance with external regulations and to communicate with the clinical departments to improve the quality of patient care. She also provides oversight for the appointment and reappointment of all physicians to the medical staff, which includes the appropriate credentialing and granting of clinical privileges. Dr. Boyd serves on various medical staff, quality and Board of Trustees committees at Rush and serves as a liaison for medical affairs with Risk Management, Quality Improvement, Legal Affairs and other hospital departments.

A native of Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Boyd received her B.A. from the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado. She received her M.D. at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and her MBA at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois. While obtaining her MBA she also received certification in the School of Health Administration and Policy, also at the University of Chicago. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and has over thirteen years of clinical practice and teaching experience.  She recently authored an article for the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine regarding remedial teaching for different style learners in medical school and residency, and for the last two years she has lectured on Corporate Compliance related issues. Finally, Dr. Boyd recently became a member of the board of directors of the Health Care Compliance Association.

Senior Corporate Attorney
Director of Compliance
US Legal-Finance & Operations
Microsoft Corporation

Odell Guyton, Esquire is the Director of Compliance for the Microsoft Corporation. Prior to his appointment with Microsoft Corporation he was the Corporate Compliance Officer for the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Guyton has many years of complex litigation and investigative experience in the areas of “white collar” criminal defense, fraud and abuse, tax, money laundering, RICO, and qui tam litigation. In addition, Mr. Guyton has extensive experience in the areas of corporate compliance, corporate internal investigations, legal audit, federal and state grand jury representation and federal sentencing guidelines. Previous to employment at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guyton was engaged in the private practice of law. Mr. Guyton has served in the United States Attorney’s Office and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. He also serves on several governing boards. He has received numerous awards, honors and recognitions for his service. Most recently, he was selected for “Who’s Who in American Law-1998.” He received his Juris Doctor degree from the American University, Washington College of Law in 1981, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1977.

Gabriel Imperato Esq., CHC
Managing Partner
Broad and Cassel

Mr. Imperato is the Managing Partner of Broad and Cassel’s Fort Lauderdale office and head of the Firm’s White Collar/Health Care Criminal and Civil Fraud Practice. He has practiced health care law in both the public and private sectors for more than twenty years and is Board Certified as a specialist in health law by the Florida Bar. He is also Certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association. Mr. Imperato’s personal area of practice involves compliance with the health care fraud and abuse laws and the representation of individuals and organizations accused of criminal and civil health care fraud. Prior to joining Broad and Cassel, Mr. Imperato was the Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Health and Human Services, where he advised and represented various agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Health Care Financing Administration (Medicare and Medicaid), the Public Health Service, the Social Security Administration and the Office of the Inspector General. Mr. Imperato has extensive criminal and civil trial and appellate experience in administrative, state and federal courts and has personally handled leading national cases concerning criminal and civil health care fraud and abuse and health care law and policy. He has also handled numerous matters involving the formation of integrated delivery systems and managed care organizations. He is considered a national expert on health care regulatory matters, including reimbursement and antitrust matters in the health care field. He is a frequent lecturer and has published numerous articles on such issues as medical staff proceedings, antitrust in the health care field, confidentiality and privacy of health information under state and Federal law, handling a health care fraud investigation and administrative and judicial procedural rights and the fraud and abuse laws under Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurance programs. He is a member of the Illinois, Florida and District of Columbia Bars, the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Law Section of the Florida Bar, The American Bar Association Antitrust Health Care Committee, White Collar Crime Committee and the Subcommittee on Health Care Fraud where he is Chairman of the Planning Committee of the American Bar Association Annual Health Care Fraud Institute. Mr. Imperato was a long time member of the now dissolved American Academy of Hospital Attorneys, where he was Chairman of the Reimbursement and Payment Committee and the Health Care Reform Task Force.

Joseph E. Murphy, JD
Co-Founder Integrity Interactive
Co-Editor ethikos

Joseph E. Murphy, co-founder of Integrity Interactive Corporation, has worked in the organizational compliance area for over twenty-five years.  Before founding Integrity Interactive Corporate, Mr. Murphy was Senior Attorney, Corporate Compliance, at Bell Atlantic Corporation in Philadelphia, where he was the lawyer for Bell Atlantic's worldwide corporate compliance program.  Before joining Compliance Systems Legal Group, Mr. Murphy was Senior Attorney, Corporate Compliance, at Bell Atlantic Corporation in Philadelphia, where he was the lawyer for Bell Atlantic's worldwide corporate compliance program.  His experience in the communications industry spans the major Bell System antitrust cases, the AT&T divestiture, and the organization and development of Bell Atlantic.  In his practice, Mr. Murphy has covered compliance issues ranging from antitrust to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, in places as diverse as Minot, North Dakota, Wellington, New Zealand, and Prague in the Czech Republic.  His practice has included the full range of compliance activities including training, investigating allegations of misconduct, drafting code and policy documents, evaluating programs, and conducting compliance audits.

Mr. Murphy is Co-Editor of ethikos, a bi-monthly publication on corporate compliance and ethics.  He has lectured and written extensively on corporate compliance issues. Mr. Murphy is co-editor of Compliance Programs and the Corporate Sentencing Guidelines:  Preventing Criminal and Civil Liability (Clark Boardman Callaghan; 1993 & annual updates), with Jeffrey Kaplan and Winthrop Swenson, and is currently working on a new book, Working For Integrity:  Finding the Perfect Job In the Rapidly-Growing Compliance and Ethics Field. Other writings include "The Self-Evaluative Privilege," 7 J. Corporation L. 489 (1982); Interactive Corporate Compliance: An Alternative to Regulatory Compulsion (Greenwood Press; 1988), co-authored with Dr. Jay Sigler; and Corporate Lawbreaking and Interactive Compliance (Greenwood Press; 1991), also co-authored with Dr. Sigler.

Mr. Murphy has been quoted as an expert on compliance and the self-evaluative privilege in national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The National Law Journal and The American Bar Association Journal.  He has given presentations on these subjects to business, professional and government groups including the ABA, the American Corporate Counsel Association, the United States Sentencing Commission, the Conference Board, the Ethics Officer Association, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Australian Compliance Institute and the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission. 

While he was in-house counsel, Mr. Murphy was active in compliance issues through the American Corporate Counsel Association and its Delaware Valley chapter (DELVACCA), where he served on the DELVACCA board including two years as Treasurer.  Mr. Murphy received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1970. He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was managing editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Mr. Murphy practices law as Joseph E. Murphy, P.C. and can be reached at 30 Tanner Street, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. Phone: (856) 429-5355; Facsimile: (856) 429-0866; E-mail: JEMurphy@cslg.com. He is past president of the Historical Society of Haddonfield, and current president of the Delaware Valley chapter of the US Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association. 

Karen A. Murray, MBA, CHE, CHC
Corporate Compliance Officer
Yale New Haven Hospital

Karen Murray is the Corporate Compliance Officer for Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. She is responsible for Yale New Haven Hospital’s compliance program. Previously Karen served as the corporate compliance officer for Catholic Medical Center, a 330 licensed bed acute care hospital located in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Karen earned a Master of Business Administration, with a Certificate in Finance, from Southern New Hampshire University, graduating summa cum laude, and she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from New Hampshire College, also graduating summa cum laude. Karen became Certified in Healthcare Compliance in 2000.  In 2004, Karen passed her exam to become board certified in healthcare management and became a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

F. Lisa Murtha is Managing Director in the Philadelphia office of Huron Consulting Group where she provides consulting services for the firm's health care clients. Prior to joining Huron Consulting Group, Ms. Murtha was a Principal in the Philadelphia office of Parente Randolph, PC.  She previously served as the Vice President of Audit, Compliance and Privacy officer for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Previously, Ms. Murtha was a Managing Director in KPMG's Forensic and Litigation Services Practice. She has over 15 years of experience in health care law and ten years of compliance, research, privacy and investigation experience. Until August 1997, Ms. Murtha served as the Chief Compliance Officer for the University of Pennsylvania and prior to that, as the Corporate Compliance Director for Pennsylvania Blue Shield (the largest Medicare Part B Carrier and a Federal Defense Department Contractor).

Ms. Murtha developed and implemented her first compliance program in 1993 for a national for-profit hospital chain and coordinated compliance training for all 13,000 employees of the company. During her tenure as a shareholder with the law firm of Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young, P.C. in Philadelphia, Ms. Murtha assisted numerous teaching hospitals, insurers, HMO's, and integrated delivery systems in the development and implementation of compliance programs.

Ms. Murtha earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications with a Minor in Business Administration in 1983 from Penn State University and earned a Juris Doctor Degree in 1986 from Dickinson School of Law. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and is a member of the American Health Lawyer's Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Ms. Murtha lectures frequently on compliance and related health care topics and has published numerous articles on health care, privacy, corporate responsibility and compliance issues. She has also served on the adjunct faculties of Penn State University and Widener Law School where she taught Business Law and Health Law respectively.

Frank Sheeder is a partner in the law firm of Jones Day. Mr. Sheeder's practice focuses on health care compliance and complex litigation. He represents health systems, hospitals, physician groups, DME suppliers, long-term care providers, ancillary providers and other members of the healthcare industry in compliance matters, internal investigations, defense of False Claims Act, whistleblower and class action cases, negotiations with Federal regulators and prosecutors, voluntary disclosures, annual compliance certifications, and general litigation. He has dealt with many government agencies, including HHS-OIG, OCIG, CMS, DOJ, FBI, Texas MFCU, AUSAs in various Federal Districts, IRS, DOL, Secret Service, Postal Inspection Services, and DEA. He graduated from Boston University School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence and graduated cum laude from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts.

Debbie is Assistant Vice President, Health Affairs/Compliance/HIPAA for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Previously she was a Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers Debbie was the Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs/Compliance for the University of Louisville School of Medicine where she was responsible for the continued development and management of its compliance program.

Ms. Troklus has served as President for the Health Care Compliance Association, Vice President and Secretary. She graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.S. in Health Occupations Education. Debbie is a frequent speaker across the U.S. on compliance issues, serves on the Advisory Boards for Physician Practice Compliance Report and Health Care Compliance Strategies, and is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Health Care Compliance.

Sheryl Vacca is Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance and Audit Officer for the University of California. Sheryl has served the as the Health Care Compliance Association President, Vice President, and Secretary. During her term as President, Ms. Vacca was instrumental in leading the HCCA into self-management. Preior to joining the University of California, Sheryl served as Director in Deloitte’s Health Care and Life Science Regulatory Practice. With 28 years in the health care industry, Sheryl has a significant amount of experience in health care and life sciences compliance, regulatory, internal audit and dispute areas. She has been involved with the development of compliance and operational controls, Quality Assurance/Improvement, HIPAA Privacy, and has expertise in providing advice on regulatory compliance issues for health and life science clients focusing on internal control process, billing and coding system issues, financial and compliance due diligence, operational design, fraud and abuse investigations including voluntary disclosures to enforcement agencies, fiscal intermediary, and carriers.

Sheryl was formerly the Vice President/Internal Audit and Corporate Compliance Officer for a large system in Northern California consisting of 38,000 employees, 5,000 aligned physicians and a full continuum of health care services. Ms. Vacca directed the development and implementation of a system-wide compliance program, which included a billing and coding training program. In this role, Sheryl also provided the oversight and direction for compliance activities and internal audit and recruitment/retention and educational oversight for 53 of the systems affiliate boards. Ms. Vacca holds a master’s degree in administration and is a registered nurse.

Cheryl Wagonhurst is a partner with the law firm of Foley & Lardner, LLP. Prior to joining Foley & Lardner, Cheryl served as Chief Compliance Officer for Tenet Healthcare Corporation, one of the nation’s leading investor-owned health care companies.  As  Chief Compliance Officer for Tenet, Ms. Wagonhurst oversaw a multidisciplinary team of in-house experts – including clinicians, accountants and persons with legal expertise – who guide and direct Tenet’s compliance in the areas of policies and training, reporting and monitoring, coding and health information management, patient privacy and security, and fraud and abuse.  Ms. Wagonhurst has over a decade of experience in the areas of compliance, legal and regulatory issues, and EMTALA, and she has recently designed and strengthened Tenet’s compliance program by creating the support and system based infrastructures necessary to support a compliance culture for Tenet.

Ms. Wagonhurst is a member of the California and American Bar Associations, and the American Health Lawyers Association. In 2005, Cheryl was elected to the Board of Directors of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).  She also serves on the Board of Governors and various committees for the Federation of American Hospitals.  Ms. Wagonhurst is a frequent lecturer in the areas of compliance and EMTALA.

Greg Warner has served as Secretary, Treasurer, 1^st Vice President and President of the HCCA. He is the Director for Compliance for Mayo Foundation and has 20 years experience in health care administration at Mayo. His responsibilities have included Chair, Department of Human Resources, Secretary, Personnel Committee of the Board of Governors, and several operational administrative assignments.

Compliance responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the implementation of the compliance program for all Mayo entities which includes multiple clinics, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes, ambulance companies, and a reference laboratory
• Maintaining policies and procedures
• Facilitating the development and presentation of compliance education
• Working with staff to ensure awareness and compliance of pertinent federal and state laws
• Participating in investigations as appropriate
• Maintaining compliance databases