ENTA’S COMMITMENT TO STRONG COMPLIANCE PROGRAM

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP (ENTA) in Tarrytown has appointed Barbara Auguste as director of regulatory affairs. In that role she will keep ENTA staff and physicians up to date on relevant health care regulations impacting their business, including in areas related to coding and documentation, HIPAA and other areas of health care compliance.   

Auguste has more than 14 years of experience in the health care field having worked at Maimonides Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Long Island University and she holds a CPC and CPMA from the American Association of Professional Coders.

“ENTA is committed to maintaining a strong compliance program,” said Aviah Cohen Pierson, chief legal officer of ENTA. “Hiring a leader with Barbara”™s credentials is an important step in our commitment to building a stronger compliance function”¦.”

ENTA has more than 200 physicians practicing in 40-plus office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as New York City and northern/central New Jersey. The practice sees more than 80,000 patients per month.