Debbie Troklus, CHC
General Board Member
Assistant Vice President
Health Affairs/Compliance
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Debbie is the Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs/Compliance for the University of Louisville Health Science Center, which includes a large academic medical school with 73 practice entities and approximately 53 billing systems, the dental and  nursing schools and the School of Public Health.  She provides ongoing operational management for all compliance functions at the Health Science Center.

Debbie has also worked as a Manager in the Louisville, KY office of PricewaterhouseCoopers health care compliance practice.  She provided consulting services with a special emphasis on compliance and the financial aspects of the health care industry, including hospitals, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, fiscal intermediaries/carriers, physician practice and other health care organizations.

Debbie currently serves on the board of the Health Care Compliance Association and was President in 2000.  She also serves on the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and is the current president for the Health Care Compliance Certification Board.      

Debbie has extensive experience in the compliance arena, including program implementation, auditing, investigations and training and development.  Specifically, she has worked in decentralized environments to develop centralized compliance initiatives.  Debbie has also worked with the government to bring together compliance officers and physicians in roundtables to promote a working partnership in the area of compliance.

Debbie is a noted speaker and writer on compliance and fraud and abuse in health care and sits on several advisory boards.  She frequently speaks across the country on topics relating to health care compliance to groups, which includes American Health Lawyers Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Internal Auditors Association.  She is also the Dean for the Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Academies.  Debbie has also co-authored two books on compliance, Compliance 101 and In Search of Compliance 2000.  She was also the recipient of the Health Care Compliance Association’s Pinnacle Award.