Lisa Ann Melamed

Lisa Melamed is the President of Compliance & Risk Management.

Lisa is a solutions-driven executive and Board Member with 18 years of experience providing operational and corporate regulatory management to multi-unit physician practices, Ambulatory Surgery Centers and senior housing, while establishing strategies to promote revenue/EBITDA, national footprint growth, brand recognition, and organizational risk mitigation.

Prior to SCALE, Lisa was the CEO, President, and Member of the Board of Directors at Vision Group Holdings, a $220M nationally recognized dual-brand multi-unit refractive surgery management company with 91 physician practices in 37 states and Canada.  In this role, Lisa led risk management processes and clinical improvement resulting in a reduction of enterprise PL litigation.  She also saw an enterprise-wide revenue growth of 10% following a successful organizational closure and reopening due to COVID-19.

Previously, Lisa was the VP Corporate Compliance, Compliance Officer & VP Legal Affairs, and General Counsel at Laser Spine Institute where she developed and implemented a compliance program in accordance with federal and state laws and insurance/Medicare requirements in addition to managing all enterprise patient safety practices, legal affairs and enterprise acquisitions.  She has also held the positions of VP Legal and Compliance at Horizon Bay Senior Communities, and Associate Attorney at Cole, Scott & Kissane, as well as Of Counsel at Bell & Melamed, LLC.

Lisa received her BA in Women’s Studies at the University of Miami, her Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance from George Washington, and her JD from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  She was also a Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager, and is Member of the Florida Bar.  She is a seasoned speaker on risk mitigation and regulatory compliance topics.