Daya Shipman, vice president of internal audit for St.
Bernards Healthcare, has earned certification in healthcare corporate
compliance from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
She successfully completed a program offered by the
university’s College of Professional Studies in partnership with the law firm
of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP, and is accredited by the Healthcare
Compliance Certification Board.
The eight-month course of study included onsite classroom
instruction at George Washington’s Graduate Education Center in Alexandria,
Va., as well as an online distance learning segment. Faculty included
representatives form a number of law firms with expertise in healthcare
corporate compliance. Guest panels were composed of representatives from
agencies that enforce key compliance-related laws such as the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General and Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S.
Attorneys’ Offices.
Shipman has been on staff at St. Bernards since 2009 when
she joined as vice president of internal audit.
A native of Jonesboro, she earned a bachelor’s degree in
accounting from Arkansas State University, graduating summa cum laude in 1991.
She went on to earn a Master of Business Administration from ASU in 1992.
Shipman is a Nettleton High School graduate and a 2005
Leadership Jonesboro graduate. A certified public accountant (CPA) for 20 years,
she holds membership in the Arkansas Society of CPAs and the American Institute
of CPAs and is a Wilson Fellow.
She is an active member of the Junior Auxiliary of Jonesboro
and the St. Bernards Advocates.
She and her husband, David Shipman, are members of First
United Methodist Church. They have three children, Morgan and Bailey
McAlexander and Austin Shipman.