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Sheryl Vacca, CHC-F, CCEP-F, CCEP-I, CHRC,
CHPC, serves as Senior Vice President/Chief Risk
Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health. Providence
is a $22 billion company with 103,000 caregivers,
based in seven states with a broad range of services
in health care, and a strong focus on innovation and
population health. Sheryl’s responsibilities include oversight for
compliance, audit, risk management, and information security.
Prior to joining Providence St. Joseph Health, Sheryl served as SVP/Chief Compliance and Audit
Officer at University of California which is a $29 billion company, 197,000 employees, locations
nationally and internationally with a focus on health care, education, research, and public service.
Sheryl was awarded Senior Vice President Emerita for her service as the first Chief Compliance
and Audit Officer at the University in November 2016.
Sheryl has received awards from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)® and
the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)® for her contributions to the compliance
profession.
Sheryl has over thirty years of health care, compliance and auditing experience. She has held
varying and increasingly responsible positions, including Deloitte West Coast Health Care
Regulatory Practice Leader and National Lead on Health Care Internal Audit. Ms. Vacca has held
positions as VP/Internal Audit/Corporate Compliance Officer and numerous administrative
leadership positions in health care and public sector. Sheryl has her MSN, RN and served as an
Officer in the USAR, Nurse Corps where she received accommodations and achievement
medals during reserve and active duty.
Sheryl is a board member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics & Health Care
Compliance Association and is a past President of this association. In addition, Sheryl is an
international speaker and has published on several articles in different aspects of compliance and
internal audit.
We interviewed Sheryl for HealthStream’s Second Opinions Podcast Series. You can listen to the
full Second Opinions Podcast at https://www.healthstream.com/second-opinions-podcast.
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