Leyla Erkan Managing Director Leyla is Protiviti’s Global Healthcare Compliance Practice Leader. She brings over 25 years of experience in compliance and risk management, including a distinguished career as a Chief Compliance, Privacy and Research Officer. Leyla has deep expertise in regulatory compliance, clinical research, privacy, conflicts of interest, investigations and government audits, offering a comprehensive understanding of and practical approach to complex compliance challenges. Leyla taught numerous courses on compliance and enforcement at Northwestern University and was an Institutional Review Board Member at Northwestern University.Major ProjectsServed as an outsourced compliance, including research, and privacy officer for leading health systems, payer, clinically integrated network, accountable care organization, physician practice, home health and laboratory organizations.Provided management and strategic direction regarding compliance program effectiveness, including staffing, hotline practices, policies and procedures, research compliance, training and education, coding/billing, risk assessments, compliance audit and work plans. Also, managed hundreds of compliance-related audits.Served as the Human Protections Administrator and Responsible Conduct of Research Coordinator for a premier translational research hospital.Led a provider’s HIPAA/HITECH compliance review by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR); provider was selected to be part of the OCR’s Performance Audit Program. Developed and assessed over 500 documents for risk and compliance. No privacy findings issued.Directed a two-year Medicare compliance inpatient rehabilitation facility pre-payment review, which comprised of 265 records, over $24,500,000 in charges and resulted in a success rate of 93%. Created workflows and implemented systems to manage and report on governmental (e.g., Recovery Auditors) and commercial insurance audit requests.Served as interim Research Administrator for a premier translational research hospital, which included oversight of 10 professional and support staff, 300 studies and clinical trials with over $200 million in funding.Created processes, policies and training for academic medical centers to track, evaluate and report on conflicts of interest (COI). Reviewed thousands of COI disclosures by researchers, management, executive leadership and board members for appropriateness.Conducted various compliance revenue cycle risk assessments for coding, billing and reimbursement practices. Evaluated changes to or new revenue opportunities for compliance with requirements and government billing policies.Led numerous and extensive investigations for large and small providers regarding research misconduct, claims billing, regulatory, conflicts of interest, privacy, identity theft, patient complaints and grievances and employee matters.Areas of ExpertiseRegulatory CompliancePrivacyClinical Research ComplianceIndustry ExpertiseHealthcareEducationB.S. – Management and Information Systems, Purdue UniversityM.J. – Health Law, Loyola University of Chicago Law SchoolProfessional Memberships & CertificationsCertified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC)Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance (CHRC)Member, Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)Member, Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA)Institutional Review Board Member at Northwestern University (former)Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University – Compliance and Enforcement Courses (former)
