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Doug Kent

VP Internal Audit

Douglas Kent is Vice President Internal Audit for Community Hospital Corporation. He is a CPA and proven leader with more than 15 years of experience in auditing, accounting and finance. Doug brings to CHC a value added approach to internal audit and a reputation for building solid working relationships. Doug is also the Compliance Officer for CHC and assists Compliance Officers within CHC hospitals with their individual compliance programs.

Before joining CHC, Doug worked as Director of Internal Audit for several organizations including Community Health Systems (formerly Triad Hospitals). There he supervised multiple internal audit projects, developed internal audit plans and budgets, performed annual risk assessments, and implemented a system of internal controls to meet Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Doug received his Bachelor of Business Administration in  Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Certified Public Accountant and also has an Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas with a concentration in Corporate Finance. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors.



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How-to Basics for an Effective Hospital Compliance Program

By Doug Kent

As healthcare becomes more complex, there is also more emphasis being placed on financial considerations, and on preventing and detecting violations of state and federal healthcare laws. What can your hospital do? Start by creating a compliance program to self-police your hospital and staff activities.

Since its inception in 1976, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has led the charge to fight waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other HHS programs. In 2010, as...

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James Hill
SVP Corporate Finance
Doug Kent
VP Internal Audit
David Koford
VP Health Plan Contracting
Judi McClain
VP Hospital Productivity and Accounting
Sabrina Albert
Director Financial Analysis
Lisa Vang
Director of Payroll
Natoshia Cornelious
Director of Accounting
Angel Guzman
Director of Payroll Services

ADDITIONAL TEAM MEBERS:

Jacey Hain, Financial Analyst
Sherrie Pressnell, Staff Accountant

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