Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Responsibilities

The Regulatory Compliance Specialist leads and coordinates all regulatory compliance activities, including audits, surveys, and reporting to ensure adherence to federal and state laws. They are responsible for interpreting requirements, managing submissions, and driving corrective actions across clinical and administrative departments.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and possess 3–5 years of experience in healthcare compliance or regulatory oversight. Strong analytical skills, proficiency in data reporting, and knowledge of regulatory frameworks like HIPAA and CMS are required.

Skills

• Regulatory compliance
• Healthcare administration
• Auditing
• Risk management
• Quality assurance
• Data analytics
• HIPAA
• Medicaid
• CMS
• Documentation accuracy
• Problem-solving
• Research
• Communication
• Microsoft Office
• Project management

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision coverage
• OnDemand pay
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Wellness benefit

About this role

Description
The Regulatory Compliance Specialist is responsible for leading, coordinating, and maintaining ownership of Behavioral Health Allies' (BHA) regulatory compliance activities to ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, accreditation standards, and contractual obligations.

This position serves as the central point of accountability for regulatory audits, surveys, reviews, reporting, corrective action plans, and regulatory correspondence. The Regulatory Compliance Specialist is responsible for overseeing the complete regulatory compliance process, including interpreting requirements, coordinating information gathering, independently verifying documentation for accuracy and completeness, managing submissions, maintaining records, tracking deadlines, and ensuring timely resolution of identified deficiencies.

While this position partners closely with operational, clinical, and administrative leaders to obtain information and implement corrective actions, the Regulatory Compliance Specialist maintains ownership of the regulatory compliance process and is accountable for ensuring all regulatory submissions are accurate, complete, relevant, appropriately supported, and submitted within required timelines.

The position requires strong independent judgment, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to provide assertive, professional leadership across departments. The individual must proactively identify risks, evaluate compliance trends, develop recommendations, and drive accountability for regulatory requirements without requiring continuous direction or oversight.

This role is critical to protecting the organization from regulatory exposure, ensuring organizational readiness, and promoting a proactive culture of compliance and continuous improvement.

Requirements
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree required in Healthcare Administration, Compliance, Risk Management, Public Administration, Legal Studies, or related field
3–5 Minimum years of experience in healthcare compliance, regulatory oversight, auditing, risk management, or quality assurance
Strong experience in quantitative and qualitative data analytics
Ability to create quantitative data reports to present to executive leadership
Experience working within Medicaid, CMS, DMH, DSS, DESE, or similar regulatory environments required
Skills & Competencies
Strong knowledge of healthcare regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, Medicaid, CMS, state regulations)
Advanced attention to detail and documentation accuracy
Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
Ability to interpret and translate regulations into operational practice
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities
High level of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality
Strong organizational and document control skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Ability to work independently and collaboratively across departments
FULL-TIME BENEFITS
Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
OnDemand Pay (access your pay when you need it)
Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
401(k) with company match
Additional $100 monthly wellness benefit after 90 days
Starting Pay: Our compensation is competitive within the market. The minimum salary for this position begins at $70,000 annually, with your final offer based on a combination of your education, relevant experience, and overall qualifications. There may be potential for performance based incentives.

About Behavioral Health Allies

Mental Health Care · 201-500 employees · headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri · founded 1995