Ms. Hathaway leads TMC Health’s enterprise compliance program, ensuring consistent interpretation and application of federal and state regulations. She strengthens HIPAA privacy practices, appropriate billing and patient-rights protections while cultivating a culture of trust, accountability and open reporting. Ms. Hathaway designed and enhanced a systemwide compliance framework that spans hospital and ambulatory settings and supports eligibility for federal funding. She helped transition clinical research studies into the TMC Health Cancer Center to streamline care and expand access across Southern Arizona. Ms. Hathaway staffs the board of trustees’ audit, compliance and privacy committee, aligning oversight with operational priorities. She has rapidly risen from administrative assistant to chief compliance officer in a decade.
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