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Director, Software Regulatory Compliance

Role overview

Summary

This role is for overseeing software regulatory compliance for ModMed's EHR platforms. You will ensure adherence to federal and state regulations, manage certification processes, and serve as the primary liaison for regulatory agencies. The position bridges engineering, product management, and legal compliance to maintain the integrity of ModMed’s clinical software.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Health Information Management, Healthcare Law, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in healthcare software regulatory compliance or software quality assurance.
  • Direct experience navigating ONC Health IT Certification paths and managing CMS Qualified Clinical Data Registries.
  • Deep regulatory knowledge of CMS Quality Payment Program rules and MIPS reporting categories.
  • Preferred: Understanding of specialized outpatient clinical workflows and HL7/FHIR interoperability standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the end-to-end ONC Health IT Certification cycles for ModMed’s clinical platforms.
  • Continuously monitor and interpret Federal and State-specific health IT regulations for actionable requirements.
  • Oversee compliance with CMS/ONC interoperability mandates and information blocking rules.
  • Manage compliance for the ePrescribing module, ensuring alignment with certification requirements.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
  • Compliance Director
  • English

Hard skills

About the company

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ModMed

  • Digital Health
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
ModMed is transforming healthcare by placing doctors and patients at the center of care through an intelligent, specialty-specific cloud platform. With our electronic health records (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems, and our revenue cycle management (RCM) services, our all-in-one solution empowers specialty medical practices to do their best work by providing them with clinical, financial and operational software solutions designed to enable better, more personalized patient care. Our staff physicians help to develop products and services for dermatology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pain management, plastic surgery, podiatry and urology practices, as well as ambulatory surgery centers. For more information, visit www.modmed.com.

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Job description

Join the Team Modernizing Medicine

At ModMed, we’re not just building software—we’re reimagining the healthcare experience. Founded in 2010 by a practicing physician and a successful tech entrepreneur, we took a radically different approach: we hired doctors and taught them how to code. This "for doctors, by doctors" philosophy has allowed us to create an AI-enabled, specialty-specific cloud platform that places patients at the center of care.

A Culture of Excellence

When you join ModMed, you’re joining an award-winning team recognized for innovation and employee satisfaction.   From our global headquarters in Boca Raton Florida, and extensive employee base in Hyderabad India, we are a team of 4,500+ passionate problem-solvers on a mission to increase medical practice success and improve patient outcomes:

  • Consistently ranked as a Top Place to Work

  • 2025 Globee Business Awards: Gold Globee for “Technology Team of the Year”

  • 2025 Black Book Awards: Ranked #1 EHR in 11 Specialties

  • Florida Venture Forum: Venture-Backed Company of the Year

We are growing fast, thinking big, and we are just getting started.

Ready to modernize medicine with us?

Job Description Summary:

Enterprise owner of federal and state software regulatory compliance for ModMed's EHR platforms (EMA and gGastro). Accountable for ONC Health IT certification (§170.315), ONC CHPL listings, and the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification, including semiannual attestations and information-blocking compliance. Leads state-law product compliance, sets regulatory release gates, and leads a team of regulatory analysts and external certification partners.


Position Summary

The Director of Software Regulatory Compliance at ModMed acts as the principal authority on regulatory risk, software certification, and compliance governance across our clinical EHR platforms (EMA® and gGastro®). This leader is primarily responsible for ensuring that ModMed’s clinical software complies with all applicable Federal and State regulations and successfully maintains its status as a certified platform. This role bridges engineering, product management, and corporate legal and compliance to manage our ongoing health IT certification programs, ePrescribing standards, and specialized quality reporting registries.


Key Responsibilities

  • Clinical Platform Certification: Lead and manage the end-to-end ONC Health IT Certification cycles for ModMed’s core clinical platforms (EMA® and gGastro®), ensuring continuous compliance with HTI-1, HTI-2, and evolving ONC/HHS criteria.
  • Federal & State Regulatory Tracking: Continuously monitor, interpret, and translate evolving Federal and State-specific health IT regulations into actionable technical requirements for the clinical product and engineering teams.
  • Interoperability & Data Sharing Mandates: Oversee compliance with CMS/ONC interoperability mandates, information blocking rules, and Certified FHIR API standards to facilitate compliant data exchange within ModMed’s ecosystem.
  • ePrescribing Module Oversight: Manage compliance for the ePrescribing module, ensuring continuous alignment with Surescripts certification requirements, DEA Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS) mandates, state-specific prescription monitoring programs (PDMPs), and evolving NCPDP standards.
  • Product Regulatory Compliance Governance Reporting: Track and manage Product compliance and certification risk. Drive/maintain platform certification.
  • Audit & Inspection Readiness: Serve as the primary liaison and point of contact for federal (CMS, ONC, DEA) and state regulatory agencies, corporate compliance audits, and accredited health IT testing bodies (ATLs/ACBs).

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Health Information Management, Healthcare Law, or a related field. A Master’s degree, or healthcare-focused MBA is a plus.
  • Experience: 8+ years of experience in healthcare software regulatory compliance, legal/regulatory affairs, or software quality assurance within an ambulatory EHR, digital health, or SaaS health-tech environment.
  • Specialized Certification Expertise: Direct, hands-on experience navigating ONC Health IT Certification paths, Surescripts/EPCS audit cycles, and managing CMS Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs).
  • QPP Mastery: Deep regulatory knowledge of CMS Quality Payment Program rules, MIPS reporting categories, and the backend technical software requirements needed to support them.
  • Domain Knowledge: Understanding of specialized outpatient clinical workflows (e.g., Dermatology, GI, Ophthalmology), HL7/FHIR interoperability standards, and state-level electronic prescribing mandates.

ModMed Benefits Highlight:  At ModMed, we believe it’s important to offer a competitive benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our growing workforce. Eligible Modernizers can enroll in a wide range of benefits:

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  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including a company Health Savings Account contribution,
  • 401(k):  ModMed provides a matching contribution each payday of 50% of your contribution deferred on up to 6% of your compensation. After one year of employment with ModMed, 100% of any matching contribution you receive is yours to keep.
  • Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave programs,
  • Company paid Life and Disability benefits, Flexible Spending Account, and Employee Assistance Programs,
  • Company-sponsored Business Resource & Special Interest Groups that provide engaged and supportive communities within ModMed,
  • Professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement programs and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning,
  • Global presence and in-person collaboration opportunities; dog-friendly HQ (US), Hybrid office-based roles and remote availability for some roles,
  • Weekly catered breakfast and lunch, treadmill workstations, Zen, and wellness rooms within our BRIC headquarters.

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