About The Compliance Team
The Compliance Team (TCT) is a nationally recognized, CMS-approved healthcare accreditation organization founded in 1994. Nurse owned and nurse led, we provide comprehensive accreditation and certification programs for DMEPOS, pharmacies and infusion therapy providers, rural health clinics, health departments, and swing bed facilities.
In 1998—five years prior to the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003—TCT developed and launched our industry-leading accreditation model featuring healthcare’s first comprehensive set of plain-language, operations-based quality standards. Our approach transformed the healthcare accreditation industry.—establishing a new paradigm and benchmark that others try to follow.
Today, we deliver more than 30 industry-leading accreditation and certification programs that provide a pathway to operational efficiency and excellence—empowering providers to deliver quality clinical services and patient care.
We attribute our longevity and success to our superior programs, advisors, and staff—as well as these passionately held beliefs that have guided TCT from the beginning:
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- Every patient deserves exemplary care.
- Healthcare delivery excellence should not be difficult or costly to achieve.
- Safety-Honesty-Caring® is what matters most to patients.
Our Executive Team
Sandra C. Canally, RN
Founder and CEO
Sandy is the principal architect and author of The Compliance Team’s accreditation programs, which are centered on her passionately held belief that every patient deserves exemplary care and that healthcare delivery excellence should not be difficult or costly to achieve.
Richard J. Canally, Jr.
Senior Vice President
Richard (Rick), a former journalist, is responsible for The Compliance Team’s overall corporate messaging and marketing strategy. He also serves as The Compliance Team’s corporate Secretary and has served in nearly every administrative and operational capacity within the organization.
Steve Simmerman
COO and CFO
Steve has served on the Executive Team of The Compliance Team since 2006. He has over 30 years of experience in multiple areas of the healthcare industry and functions as the chief operations officer as well as the chief financial officer.
Kate Hill, RN
VP Clinic Services Division
Kate joined The Compliance Team in early 2012 to direct our Rural Health Clinic accreditation program. She serves on the board of the National Rural Health Association.
Charles Lager, RPh, MBA
Senior Pharmacy Advisor
Charlie has 30 years of home care experience and over 35 years of health care experience. He has worked at The Compliance Team since 2014.