F. Lisa Murtha, Esq., CHC, CHRC is a partner of Moses & Singer's Health Care Group. Ms. Murtha has over 25 years of experience working on complex healthcare legal and compliance issues. She focuses her practice on healthcare privacy, HIPAA compliance issues, contract negotiations, and other healthcare legal risk areas including: Medicare and Medicaid billing and coding issues, FCPA and UK Bribery Act issues, internal investigations, and corporate governance/ethics. Ms. Murtha has been a Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Counsel for a large government contractor and has significant experience working with federal agencies on procurement issues, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and related contracting matters.
Ms. Murtha graduated from Dickinson School of Law, JD, 1986; The Pennsylvania State University, BA, 1983 and is certified in Healthcare Compliance and Healthcare Research Compliance. She is a member of the Bars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia Bar and she has applied for entrance to the Bar of New York state.
Ms. Murtha previously served as Senior Managing Director and the Clinical Research and Compliance practice leader for Ankura Consulting, FTI Consulting, and Huron Consulting Group. She led the research practice for the international law firm of Dentons US, LLP as a partner. Moreover, she previously served as the Vice President of Audit, Compliance and was the Chief Privacy Officer for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the Stokes Research Institute, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Practice Association. Ms. Murtha worked as the Chief Compliance Officer for the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania Health System, and prior to that as the Corporate Compliance Director for Pennsylvania Blue Shield (focusing primarily on Medicare Carrier Contract Compliance). Ms. Murtha is a former Board member of the International Association of Privacy Officers.
Ms. Murtha is a founding and former Board Member of the Health Care Compliance Association and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. She has also served on the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.