Tonja Wise

Tonja is an experienced compliance and ethics leader who began her career as Revenue Cycle Manager for an independent rehab facility, and subsequently held increasingly responsible compliance leadership positions with a number of leading health care companies, including Kaiser Permanente and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Tonja now leads the Compliance, Privacy and Ethics department for Florida Cancer Specialists, one of the largest oncology networks in the United States, as the Chief Compliance Officer, VP of Compliance, Privacy and Ethics. Prior to joining FCS, Tonja served as Corporate Director of Compliance, Regulatory and Reimbursement for Sharp Health Care, one of the largest health care systems in San Diego, California, where she built and led the corporate compliance program with specific focus on revenue cycle, revenue integrity and coding. She oversaw the teams responsible for maintaining compliance with federal and state regulations, and oversight of all Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payor compliance. Tonja played a lead role in strategic planning as well as efforts to drive regulatory change management. A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, she is Certified in Health Care Compliance, Health Care Privacy Compliance, and Health Care Research Compliance from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), and is a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) through Ahima. Tonja received a bachelor?s degree in Health Administration with a specialty in Compliance and Ethics from St. Petersburg College, and a master?s in Health Administration from the University of La Verne and is currently pursuing a Juris Doctorate at the University of La Verne College of Law.