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Tim Timmons

Compliance and Privacy Officer, Community Counseling Solutions

Following six years as the financial manager of a rural hospital in north central Montana, Tim spent three years in Spokane, WA, first as the associate administrator of a 146-bed hospital, then as the administrator of a 121 bed hospital in the Spokane Valley. From 1982 to 1998 he served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the 454 bed Salem Hospital in Salem, OR.

Since leaving hospital administration, Tim has spent the past twenty- five years assisting behavioral health organizations, hospitals, physician practices and home health agencies with the implementation of ethics and compliance programs. He has provided board education to coordinated care organizations, hospitals and behavioral health programs, and has presented on compliance related topics at the national conferences of the National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care, the Health Care Compliance Association, the HIPAA Summit and the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and for statewide associations such as the Health Associations of Texas and the Oregon Association of Hospital and Health Care Systems. He is the author of the section of the Health Care Compliance Professional?s Manual on the development of compliance programs for small and rural hospitals.

He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, and the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional, a Certified HIPAA Professional, a Certified Healthcare Security Specialist and is Certified in Healthcare Privacy.

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